Many people that we met along our travels in the US told us that Utah is their favorite state. “It’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen,” they would say. But how can you comprehend something never experienced, never seen, touched nor smelled? Would it be as grandiose as the high peaks of Colorado, more engaging than […]
One-Two on the Colorado Trail – Denver to Salida
Getting the hell out of Wyoming’s Basin was our modus operadi for the past two days, whatever it takes. Some people say they like the basin because you can see everything around you for miles without end. We look at the empty landscape unraveling before us and look behind us just to see more of […]
Fear and loathing in the Great Divide Basin
We were somewhere south of Atlantic City, in the middle of the desert, when the frustration began to take hold. I remember saying something like “we need to go faster, I need to get out of here”. In places like this I have only one plan, get in the middle of this shit and get […]
Endless Rockies – Banff to Butte
A Canadian chain reaction of kindness had us waking up in a soft bed in Banff. As we descent down to the kitchen to meet our hosts Keith and Leslie we’re immediately greeted with a big hug from Leslie followed by Keith’s bear squeeze. The next two days we’re pampered with liters of coffee, Keith’s […]
We can-Canada!
Twenty hours at the airport should give us plenty time to get some sleep, check-in our bikes, go through security and enjoy our last stroll on Icelandic land at a relaxed pace. And yet, we find ourselves running hectic down the airport corridors trying to find the correct gate as it is no longer displayed […]
Moonland to Wonderland – A loop around Iceland
Days in between transits are hectic. We ride out of Cairngorms to summer heat and get stopped in our progress to Edinburgh just the next day by thunderstorms that linger in the valley we happened to cycle through. With not much time left we catch a train connecting Dunkeld and Kirkcaldy in just a couple […]
Ride the Cairngorms Loop!
After series of ferry crossings, bike rides, train travels and hikes we finally arrive in Aviemore, a small town hugging the foothills of the Cairngorms. Being on the move basically nonstop for more than two weeks our bodies are asking for some rest before heading out into the trails again. The sun never really sets […]
Chasing sun spells – Highlands to West Coast to Hebrides
With the worst rain behind us and some uncertain clouds circling around we leave Fort William and follow the blue on blue thistle marked trail posts leading us north out of town and along the Caledonian Canal. The canal has been envisioned in the late 18th century as a way to connect the east and west coasts of Scotland and thus omitting the dangerous waters of Cape Wrath in the far north, but it also served a revitalizing role to the Highlands, desolate after a series of English laws and actions known as the Highland Clearances forced many a Scotsman to search for personal freedom of playing bagpipes, wearing tartan and most importantly speaking Gaelic in places such as North America and Australia. Nowadays the canal serves as a tourist attraction and forms the backbone of what is known as the Great Glen Way, a long distance trail connecting Fort William in the west with Inverness in the east.
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Frantic Four- Glasgow to Fort William
With the garage doors shut behind us there is no turning back, we have no keys and no one will be around the house for the next three weeks. It’s a warm May morning and we set off to catch our Piotrkow-Warsaw train. The cycling route to Piotrkow I know quite well since many of […]
Leaving Poland – It’s all downhill from here
I wake up at 6AM, go to work, get back home somewhere between 3 and 6PM, researching maps, fiddle with bikes, order stuff, sleep. Repeat. Groundhog days like these pass by for the last 10 months of living in Rybnik, Poland – a spell broken on just a few occasions to hike, cycle or visit […]
In Between Spokes 