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Letter From Albania: Koptik to Tirane by Bike

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Koptik to Tirane by Bike: Cycling to Albania with a French Ultra Distance Runner Named Alan

Koptik to Tirane by Bike: Stage four of my Eurasian bicycle expedition. In which I revist my favourite Balkan city.

It was three o’clock in the afternoon when Alan and I crossed the border at Koptik to pass from Montenegro to Albania. We had just cycled what I believe to be the finest road since departing the UK. After a relaxed lunch on the beach at Petrovac we began a two and a half hour ascent from the coast into the clouds of the searing hot mountainside.

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Into The Clouds: Munich to Lake Bled by Bike

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A riff on long-distance cycle touring from Munich to Lake Bled in the pouring rain

The second blog post from my Eurasian bicycle adventure. In this edition, I join a fellow called Kyle, and we cross the Alps in the snow as we travel from Munich to Lake Bled by bike.

Living with the weather is as much a part of the challenge as any other aspect of a world cycle. Your waking hours are spent in it, your movements can be determined by it, and your sleep can be disturbed by it. The weather is your everything. Obvious as this may sound, the last few days have been a stark reminder that on a long trip you really need to be prepared for the worst and ready for anything.

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In The Beginning: London to Munich by Bicycle

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How not to cycle from London to Munich. A chancer’s guide to getting lost on the German Radweg Network and getting away with it.

In this blog post, I share my journey from London to Munich by Bicycle. The first leg of my Eurasian bicycle tour.

At length, I finally made it to the boat. What a week. Since leaving the family home from the Village in sleepy rural Staffordshire on a fully laden bicycle it feels more like I’ve been riding a rollercoaster than a bike. I’ve toasted friends’ birthdays, drank endless cups of tea with Grandmothers and conversed with World cyclists. I’ve not even left the country and I’ve already been gifted numerous meals, stayed with a wonderful couple in Rawdon (thanks Dave & Sue) and been loaded up with more cake than you can shake a stick at. People are lovely. I feel blessed.

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