Kefalonia and Athens Trip
Hellooo How you doing? Coming to the end of a corker of a week. I’ve been on a lovely little camping trip with my bike and seen the sights of Athens. Also put a lot of time into careery stuff,…
James Spry
Journalist and assistant producer at LBC; MA Broadcast Journalist from City, University of London. Previously writing for the Global Cycling Network
Jumps on the Foil, Plans for the Future
Hey folks, An early email this week because I’m off on a bike trip tomorrow and ceebs bringing my laptop. I had to work 2 days this week, but other than that I was on holiday. My mission was clear:…
The Mongol Rally Passes Through Vasiliki
Hellooo, How are you? Last week’s attempt to parody a cliche holiday thriller novel provoked more replies than I’ve had in a fair while, most essentially asking, ‘u ok hun?’ Seems I missed the mark on that one… I am…
Losing Staff/Room to Myself
Hey, Guess I’ve got a story to tell this week. Anyway, here goes. ‘Tssssss.’ The coach’s brakes released and it rolled away from the hotel. The patch of shade it generated went with it, and pretty quickly I was stood…
Hello from Vasiliki!
Hey hey, Coming to you live from Vasilikiiii! I got back on Tuesday after over a month in the UK! So happy to be back. Just kicking this off by saying that whereas the past couple of emails got a…
Poker Parties and Sock Systems
Hello, Like every man who has been raised on meat, Bond films and Top Gear repeats on Dave, I have, at some point in my adolescence, convinced myself that I should become a professional poker player. This, like my other,…
Lake District with the Fam (Stuck in UK Week 3)
Hey hey, Hope you’re all good! You know that classic old phrase ‘home is where your hat is’? Yeah? Well, I’ve been hanging my hat in the Lake District for the best part of a week. The lakes are very…
West Country Bike Adventure
Hey hey, How’s yous? Well, seems I’m going to be in the UK a few days longer than expected. Waiting on this visa is frustrating, I’m getting serious FOMO whenever I think about vasiliki. Either way, I’m having a nice…
Back in Ingerland (and Wales)
Helloo, you good? Realising that a few of these newsletters make me sound like a negative nelly. What can I say? Ya boi tries to keep it 100. In that spirit, going to plow ahead with the opening that I…
The Best Album About Cycling: Kraftwerk’s Tour de France
Let’s be honest: cycling isn’t necessarily the coolest of sports. Maybe it’s because of the funny outfits, or the obsession with kit, or – and I suspect this is the main factor – the MAMILs. But, in 2003, when Kraftwerk’s…
