Like a zany sociologist entering a tribe in the darkest corners of the rainforest, for a few months I have immersed myself in this community of watersports enthusiasts. I have discovered that they speak in a unique tongue: not English;…
This is a guide to cycling in Dartmoor. The rolling roads of Dartmoor offer some of the best cycling in the UK. This beautiful national park lies a little way north of Plymouth, in the county of Devon. It’s just…
Hey hey, How are you? Earlier this week I was looking down at the valley from a taverna in the hills. The recent rainfall has returned to the variegated canopy of trees – mainly olive, plane, conifer, pine and birch…
Heya, Thanks to the shape of the bay, Vasiliki bay is unusually windy. But this week was unusually windy, even for Vasiliki. We were all chuffed. Partly because we all had a fab time windsurfing, partly because the guests were…
During the six years I spent living in London, I spent a lot of time moaning about the quality of the cycling there. It’s busy, dangerous and flat, and you constantly stop and start with traffic lights. But in that…
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,…
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:…
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…
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…
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…
