Northern Spain: Segovia, Santiago, Cudillero, Valladolid & Avila

Pre and post the Raid Gallaecia race, we darted around to taste just a bit of what the region has to offer. If you want history, I included Wikipedia links as I’m not going to pretend I remember all the history myself! Here below are some pictures and my thoughts/comments. Segovia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segovia We happened upon this ancient […]

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China – A Quick Dart Around The West & Central Region

Uyghur high country and classic silk road history!  After competing in the ARWS China race I allocated some spare time to have a look around this remote and unlikely-to-visit-again region. Hooking up with another racer Jeremy we had a really great 2 week trip. Sadly this disputed territory will always be in the throws of […]

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Nepal – Annapurna Circuit & Base Camp (Via Intrepid Express!)

Pre-Speil: Weeks of trekking Annapurna Circuit & Base Camp (ABC) is hardly an express! Express is used in several forms here, as it’s the name of Intrepid Travel’s email newsletter “Intrepid Express”, it also reflects the amount of time they gave me to organise things when I received an email titled “Intrepid Express YOU WIN”. Pretty exciting title, but was […]

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Cuba

2013 Loney Planet Must See – Joining the Hoards. Well, it tuned out we were still “early” having no direct flights we arrived via Mexico City. Havana The airport hadn’t been updated since the 60s and as a flashback time warp it was great! Old concrete white walls and just the basics, a tv on […]

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