I was 17 years of age when I was taking 4 A Levels (two second year subjects along with two first year subjects). My workload was stupidly heavy: I was studying Psychology, History, English Literature and Drama. Now, this wouldn’t have been excessive if I had actually had a plan. If I had actually wanted …
Continue reading “Career paths and why we shouldn’t stress about them.”
So I’ve done it, I’ve cycled across Europe in 5 months. Around the World in 80 days? Not quite… but West France to Eastern Romania in 140 days? Yes. I always get asked “are you on your own?!”. From French people asking inquisitively, “tout seul, pourquoi pas de fille??!”, to (well-meaning) Germans saying to me …
Continue reading “From ‘Ja’ to ‘Da’ and how attitudes change from Western Europe to Eastern Europe.”
4 weeks on the road!! Crikey, it doesn’t feel like it.. until I think back to all of the hills I’ve climbed over these past 28 days. To celebrate this milestone I thought I’ll discuss my idiosyncratic, largely unvarying, diet. You see, the average cyclist (going at a fairly uptempo 12mph) burns 500 calories an …
As I sit here in a park, in the French city of Vitre, I have currently seen 5 different people walking past me with fresh baguettes from what I presume to be a local bakery (ouvert en dimanche!!!). One was carrying at least eight baguettes, which appeared to be the most they could carry with …
Cycling On Me Own