"In praise of cycling (very slowly) around the world
Cycling the globe in 80 days may be a noble ambition, but doing it in 18 months – stopping to take in the views and talk to people along the way – is just as rewarding"
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https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/jun/07/in-praise-of-cycling-very-slowly-around-the-world?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=229610&subid=7646217&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2
Round The World in 18 Months
Re: Round The World in 18 Months
mercalia wrote:"In praise of cycling (very slowly) around the world
Cycling the globe in 80 days may be a noble ambition, but doing it in 18 months – stopping to take in the views and talk to people along the way – is just as rewarding"
I would say its much more rewarding.
Re: Round The World in 18 Months
must admit I find the whole long distance at pace a strange idea. I know when I used to whip through a country in a few days and see next to nowt, it was less rewarding and more pandering to false gods.
Searching for, and camping in, places of antiquity and wild beauty. Former ironman, 3PCX, Rough Stuff Fellowship, fell runner, regional time trial champion and 20 odd years of cyclo camping around Europe.
Re: Round The World in 18 Months
trilathon wrote:must admit I find the whole long distance at pace a strange idea. I know when I used to whip through a country in a few days and see next to nowt, it was less rewarding and more pandering to false gods.
I only wish I had that option
slow is all I have now