Exit, pursued by a bear
1 Nisan 2023, İngiltere ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
It's been 20+ years in the dreaming, but it seems like I might finally do it.
How hard can it be? Fly a bike over to one side of Canada and pedal till I reach the other - easy right?
Let's see...
Training...
22 Nisan 2023, İngiltere ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
....ish
Found this x-trainer on Freecycle... went round to pick it up and met this lovely guy... ex martial arts teacher with 60+ Samurai swords adorning the walls of his living room (including aOkumaya devam et
Frantic last minute bike box building
23 Nisan 2023, İngiltere ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Packing nightmares
1 Mayıs 2023, İngiltere ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Pre-flight checks, cabin crew to tequila
1 Mayıs 2023, İngiltere ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Happy birthday Mart! X
Bike + box + car + airport = ✅
2 Mayıs 2023, İngiltere ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Just a couple of tequilas to celebrate Old Man Cox before a fitfull sleep perforated by nightmares as to whether the 12:40 flight was AM or PM.
A speedy morning's bike dismantling, strapping up,Okumaya devam et
Bomb search nightmares
2 Mayıs 2023, İngiltere ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Check-in chappie's panicked look vanishes as he palmed me off onto a miserable lady at oversized luggage...who luckily just told us to plonk it on the conveyor! Yay!
Or so we thought.
The conveyorOkumaya devam et
Hello Canadia!
3 Mayıs 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
Nova Scotia's finest border forces actually let me in....and the bike too! HooBloodyRah!
Said goodbye to some lovely airplane seat neighbours who'd kept me company, before heading for the exit andOkumaya devam et
Brass monkeys
3 Mayıs 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
Is it feasible to camp when the temperature is going to drop to 5° (feels like 1°)..... and then the following day's camping 1° (feels like -2°)
Asking for a friend. Advice?
Mile 1
4 Mayıs 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
Bike reassembled and kind-of seems ok!
Goodbye Halifax!
Mile 1 - GO
Next stop Wild Nature Campsite .... which Mike seems to think is a nudist resort.... and not exactly what I had planned
Zen
4 Mayıs 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Sushi's Revenge
5 Mayıs 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Terrible night. Freezing. Stomach cramps. 5:00 a.m. diarrhea.
Still, at daybreak I got up, decamped, and tried to battle through it, but every mile was dizzying and nauseating sub 0°C winds and rainOkumaya devam et
Coronation station
6 Mayıs 2023, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
Rotund lady asked if she could share my space at the breakfast table.... plonked herself down and noticed the coronation playing on the TV...
"Nahhh,... We're all Kings and Queens if he is" sheOkumaya devam et
Mengo Camping
6 Mayıs 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Day 3, and despite hours of sleep, litres of water/Gatorade, my stomach still wasn't right but I couldn't miss a day's progress. Onwards!
Oh but today... today has been heavenly in comparison toOkumaya devam et
Dogday
7 Mayıs 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Tom and Brendan kindly invited me over for some delicious homemade chicken soup last night and we chatted about travelling and their epic journey in a 1979 RV which somehow managed to get them acrossOkumaya devam et
Traveltales
8 Mayıs 2023, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Brent has this lovely place with Angutie (Inuktitut for "dog") just on a mini peninsula poking out into Tidnish Bay. I think I remember Brent sounding like he was a bit of a character when I firstOkumaya devam et
So long Nova Scotia!
8 Mayıs 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
And that was it....one province done! Ok, it is the slimmest little slip of a province, but a province none the less.
Helllllo New Brunswick!
Then before I knew it, 38 sun-soaked miles wereOkumaya devam et
Monstrous Moncton
10 Mayıs 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Somehow the weather is able to drop 10° in an hour....I go from sleeveless top n shorts to 4 layers and trousers within no time, and if I'm not quick enough on the change it's bone chilling and hardOkumaya devam et
Breakfast treats
10 Mayıs 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Stopped in Jemseg at Turners One Stop Cafe for a big fatboy breakfast - Perry and I burn some calories so I'm literally eating for two these days.
Just finishing off my 3rd coffee (loving this freeOkumaya devam et
Drop dead Fredericton
11 Mayıs 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
New Brunswick's capital is beautifully set on the banks of the St John river and things were looking up for my accomodation options despite all WS hosts in the area being unavailable - I'd asked a WSOkumaya devam et
Woodstock baby
11 Mayıs 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
The bear spray was just one piece of the complicated puzzle to wild camp this evening. In order to be bear-safe and have as few food odours around me as possible I'd swapped to cook a hot meal atOkumaya devam et
Heading for a Grand Fall
12 Mayıs 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Who doesn't love an HGV?
Mis-seasoned
12 Mayıs 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Ended up at another campsite that wasn't opened but the lovely lady said I could pitch up, happily topped up my water, and suggested there were toilets in the public park I could use - I'll happilyOkumaya devam et
Woodpecker Wake-up
12 Mayıs 2023, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
A broken night's sleep due to the ridiculously loud cacophony of bugs, critters and birds all throughout the night... It literally sounded like Test Day at the alarm factory
This Woodpecker and hisOkumaya devam et
Grand Falls (of doooom)
13 Mayıs 2023, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
I've still not accustomed myself to the schizophrenic climatic changes and, frankly, I'm running out of time - this might be my last night in New Brunswick! Which means that, cycling around theOkumaya devam et















































































































GezginHa haaaaa. V creative photoshop work!
GezginGood luck, Mr! Have a wonderful time. Happy travels 🚵💕