Sleeping in a Water Tower: an Incredible First Warmshowers Experience
Contributor: Whitney Wright In June 2019, my friend Kate and I cycled 1,700 miles from outside of Seattle to San Diego. We had been lucky enough to mostly camp at hiker/biker sites at campgrounds through Washington and Oregon (with a couple of nights at a hotel when we both had a stomach bug) and had
Read MoreWelcome to Mikulici Nature Park!
Contributors: Laura Schlegel and Benjamin Fischer What is Mikulici Nature Park? It’s a real-life platform for the cultural and intergenerational exchange of ideas and experiences, a space for your social and ecological projects to form and grow, a shelter for eco-friendly bicycle travelers, and a place to learn about and learn from Balcan village life.
Read MoreA Bicycle Named Claud
Contributor: Lorraine Lambert Everyone needs a Covid lockdown project. Whilst I may not have been doing much cycle touring recently, I’ve definitely been gainfully employed in (many, many) other projects. I don’t know about anyone else but, my ‘to do’ list has never been so clear! It’s even got to the point that I write
Read MoreMy 2020 Discovery; A Life-Changing Experience
Contributor: Aurore Debry Last year (2020), in this strange and life-changing worldwide crisis, I discovered the experience of travelling by bike. Weirdly, but with total certainty, I can tell you that it allowed me to have the most amazing year of my life. A short trip that was meant to be 2 weeks disconnection
Read MoreMilan to Rome
Last summer, four of us cycled from North of Milan to Rome. Although there were four on our trip, we did a rider-swap in Florence, so there were only three of us at any one time. We identified our start and finish points and then plotted the most attractive route. Research showed that we could
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