Towards Arthur Six years ago we set out for our first big tour, three months in New Zealand.… Arthur's pass, Castle Hill Peak, colour, cycle touring, mountains, new zealand, Porter's Pass, snow, Torlesse Range, w170
Back on wheels After a wee hiatus off the bike, I’m back 🙂 Boy, have I missed it. This… Azub Six, bicycles, cycle touring, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, w170
Riding north Farsebook is funny and great now and again. Today it showed me this photo I took… cycle touring, tea, travelling, uk, w170
Back into the wind The wind turned and so did we and guess where it all ended up, yup right… 400D, chile, cycle touring, patagonia, ripio, roads, tierra del fuego
Pumping water One of the best cycle touring investments we ever did was getting a Katadyn Pocket Water… 400D, bicycles, colour, cycle touring, patagonia, roads, tierra del fuego, travelling
Tailwind at last The last eight miles and for the next 10 or so – we had tail wind!… 400D, bicycles, colour, cycle touring, patagonia, ripio, roads, tierra del fuego, travelling
Running out of food About here – after a failed attempt in riding at night where the strength of the… 400D, chile, cycle touring, patagonia, ripio, roads, tierra del fuego, travelling
Cloud and skies This picture does not justify reality of how big, amazing, stunning, blue, white. They went on… 400D, chile, clouds, cycle touring, patagonia, tierra del fuego, travelling
Smile Not sure what the smile is for, it could be for a few reasons : that… 400D, bicycles, chile, cycle touring, patagonia, ripio, roads, tierra del fuego, travelling
Cordillera de los Andes It is rather amazing to know that the mountains in the distance is part of the… 400D, argentina, cycle touring, mountains, patagonia, ripio, roads, tierra del fuego, travelling
Nowhere: there is a road into it Yup, the map and GPS were right: nothing but nothingness and remoteness for miles and miles,… 400D, argentina, cycle touring, patagonia, tierra del fuego, travelling
Are you lost? Just before this photo was taken, a local in a car – the only one we… 400D, argentina, bicycles, cycle touring, patagonia, ripio, roads, tierra del fuego, travelling
Looking for the border Heading towards the border control at Bella Vista, loaded with six days food hoping that this… argentina, bicycles, cycle touring, FS16, patagonia, travelling
This might look boring Let’s just say that this road wasn’t boring. The ripio was hard going at times, the… 400D, argentina, bicycles, cycle touring, patagonia, tierra del fuego, travelling
Last few miles The last few miles into Rio Grande, was nice and flat with tail wind, sadly Rio… argentina, bicycles, cycle touring, FS16, patagonia, tierra del fuego, travelling
Ushuaia that way Fourth day cycling north in Tierra del Fuego. This was the day we figured out that… 400D, argentina, cycle touring, patagonia, roads, tierra del fuego, travelling
Still plodding north Still plodding north, this turned into a rather hot day and I bonked, so we bailed… 400D, argentina, bicycles, cycle touring, patagonia, tierra del fuego, travelling
Riding north Two years ago: we were on our second day riding north on Ruta 3 from Ushuaia… 400D, argentina, bicycles, cycle touring, patagonia, roads, tierra del fuego, travelling
Wild horses Now this is a place to be a “wild” horse, though it would be a bit… 400D, animals, argentina, colour, cycle touring, mountains, patagonia, tierra del fuego, travelling
Furious fifties This is what was left of Puerto Nuevo on Tierra Del Feugo – this tree which… 400D, chile, colour, cycle touring, patagonia, Puerto Nuevo, tierra del fuego, travelling
La Ruta de Oro The stunning La Ruta de Oro on Tierra del Fuego in Patagonia Southern Chile on our… bicycles, camping, chile, clouds, cycle touring, FS16, La Ruta de Oro, mountains, patagonia, tierra del fuego
Going north? It is hard to believe that it is nearly 16 months since we started on our… 400D, argentina, bicycles, camping, cycle touring, mountains, patagonia, tierra del fuego, travelling
Mist on the Californian Coast Cycling the Californian Coast on highway 1, a day or two south of Monterey. Lucky for… 400D, beach, california, camping, cycle touring, travelling, usa
Deception Pass Deception Pass in Washington State with a view of Mt. Baker in the background, on our… 400D, colour, cycle touring, mountains, travelling, usa
Ferry from Seattle On the ferry from Seattle towards Bainbridge Island on our way to the beautiful San Juan… 400D, b&w, cityscape, cycle touring, photofriday, travelling, usa
Whale watchers San Juan island While camping on San Juan island we were lucky to see two pods of Orcas swim… 400D, animals, b&w, colour, cycle touring, travelling, usa
Sunset on Lopez Island Was enjoying the sunset from our campsite on Lopez island when this kayak sailed past. PhotoFriday… 400D, camping, colour, cycle touring, photofriday, sunset, travelling
A rare snap It tend to be me behind the camera, but this time its our favourite guest photographer,… 400D, colour, cycle touring, mountains, ocean, usa
Early morning While hunting around for pictures I found this one from the Carretera Austral in Chile. A… camping, chile, cycle touring, mountains, sunrise, travelling
4th of Cupcake Yes, I know a few days behind, but hey we are talking cake here 🙂 At… 400D, cake, cycle touring, food, travelling, usa
Cycling food One good thing about cycle touring is that you have a very good reason for testing… 400D, bicycles, colour, cycle touring, food, travelling, usa
A thin line One half of the TandemThings, who joined us for a day or two, walking the thin… 400D, b&w, bicycles, cycle touring
Golden We cycled over the pretty and rather stunning Golden Gate Bridge, one word of warning it… cityscape, cycle touring, travelling, urban, usa
Oregon Coast Cycling the Oregon Pacific Coast and Route 101, we really enjoyed the sun after a few… beach, bicycles, cycle touring, Oregon Coast, travelling, usa
Hungry? This is what we have to eat after a day in the saddle, Peli’s wonderful cooking,… 400D, camping, colour, cycle touring, food
Living off the grid Well, it been a while since I have had time, WiFi and/or power to upload some… 400D, camping, colour, cycle touring, travelling, usa
Le Tandem We really enjoyed the company of this French couple, we miss you a lot P and… 400D, bicycles, chile, colour, cycle touring, patagonia, travelling
Volcanic landscape Cycling towards Villa Traful in Argentina in a dramatic volcanic landscape.… argentina, bicycles, colour, cycle touring, mountains, travelling
Ruta de los Siete Lagos Peli riding the Ruta 40 on our tour of the Ruta de los Siete Lagos.… 400D, argentina, bicycles, cycle touring, travelling
Nahuel Huapi Lake Our bicycles resting outside San Carlos de Bariloche overlooking the Nahuel Huapi Lake. Now that is… 400D, argentina, bicycles, colour, cycle touring, mountains, patagonia, travelling
Reserva Nacional Manihuales Just north of Coyhaigue on the Carretera Austral we found this valley. After a wet day… 400D, bicycles, chile, clouds, colour, cycle touring, mountains, patagonia, travelling
Our kitchen window Weekly Photo Challenge : Happy-Place – Where do you go when you need to think? What… 400D, camping, chile, cycle touring, happy place, mountains, photofriday, The Daily Post, travelling, weekly photo challenge
El Ripio What we are cycling on in Chile and Argentina… 400D, argentina, b&w, chile, cycle touring, travelling
Frosty peg Well it is coming up to winter where we are right now. PhotoFriday : Frozen… 400D, camping, chile, colour, cycle touring, hill, photofriday, travelling
Brrrrr Just to show you that it was cold 🙂 PhotoFriday : Winter’s Reach… 400D, b&w, camping, chile, cycle touring, photofriday, travelling
It was a dark and cold night We had few frosty nights in Villa O’Higgins in Chile. The Hilleberg Kaitum 3GT and our… b&w, camping, chile, cycle touring, travelling
Monte Fitz Roy Finally back on the road again after our little off in Torres del PAINe. Peli cycling… 400D, argentina, bicycles, colour, cycle touring, mountains, patagonia, photofriday, travelling
Cycling in Torres del Paine Just before it went a little “Pete Tong”, cycling in Torres del PAIN(e) as it is… 400D, bicycles, chile, colour, cycle touring, mountains, torres del paine
Lago Pehoe Lago Pehoe and Los Cuernos in Chile. PhotoFriday : Spacious.… 400D, chile, colour, cycle touring, mountains, patagonia, photofriday, torres del paine
Porvenir lighthouse Porvenir lighthouse from the ferry to Punta Arenas.… chile, colour, cycle touring, Porvenir lighthouse, tierra del fuego, travelling
Golden Route Cycling the very hilly Gold digger road into Porvenir, Chile.… 400D, bicycles, chile, colour, cycle touring, patagonia, tierra del fuego, travelling
Cemetery in Onaisin Cemetery in Onaisin.… 400D, cemetery, chile, colour, cycle touring, tierra del fuego, travelling
Ghost house Many of the Estansias (farms) we went past on Tierra del Feugo were pretty much ghost… 400D, b&w, chile, cycle touring, patagonia, tierra del fuego, travelling
Them bones We kept finding bones from the dead Guanaco where ever we wild camped in Chile and… 400D, animals, argentina, b&w, camping, chile, cycle touring, patagonia, photofriday, tierra del fuego, travelling
All alone in Tierra del Feugo One sole tree standing along in the wind… 400D, argentina, clouds, cycle touring, patagonia, tierra del fuego, travelling
Morning rain Just south of Onaisin in Chile on Tierra del Feugo. We woke up to this sky,… 400D, camping, chile, clouds, colour, cycle touring, patagonia, tierra del fuego, travelling
Riding toward Rio Grande The open road on Tierra Del Feugo towards Rio Grande. What you can’t feel is the… 400D, argentina, clouds, cycle touring, patagonia, tierra del fuego, travelling
Barn on Tierra del Feugo While cycling from Rio Grande towards Chile we spotted this in the nothingness… 400D, argentina, camping, cycle touring, patagonia, tierra del fuego, travelling
My mobile home This will be my home for the next 12-18 months, while we cycle from Ushuaia to… 400D, argentina, bicycles, brooks, camping, colour, cycle touring, patagonia, tierra del fuego, travelling
Caterpillar Caterpillar is the name of our new tent, since it does look like it. Being 5.5… 400D, animals, b&w, camping, colour, cycle touring, sunrise, travelling, uk
