Sometimes you need to take the adventurous path when cycle touring and in our latest audio update from Rebecca Gross we find out why! 

We are featuring updates from Rebecca as she makes her way from her home in Austria all the way to the Pamirs. In this update she shares what it was like reaching Turkey having crossed Europe and what that first day cycling from the Turkish Coast was like. You can follow Rebecca's journey via her instagram @rebecca_grb

I also feature answers from our listeners about what the word adventure means to them.

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Listen to Terri Jockerst take us on her cycle touring adventures from Norway to Malta and then through Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.  Terri is living proof age need not get in the way of an adventure. She is 67 years old and loves spending her retirement taking solo cycle tours.   Her tours last several months  at a time, she wildcamps where possible and strongly believes that bike touring is the best way to discover a country, it's history and it's culture. In the episode we explore:

• Cycling Norway to Malta - 3 journeys taken over 3 years
• Highlights from cycling through remote and wild landscapes
• Overcoming perceived age barriers - Terri is proof age shouldn't get in the way of a good adventure.
• Cycling through Taiwan, Japan and South Korea
• The incredible kindness of strangers along the way
• Advice for anyone dreaming of their own bikepacking adventure

You can find Terri's books for purchase here

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• Instagram: @footloosefreckle
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Could you imagine going on a bike adventure as a family with two young children? Well this week we are hearing from Eglė Cibienė who is doing exactly that with her husband Liudivikas and their two small toddlers. Hear all about their experiences on one day cycling in the Rocky Mountains in Canada. You can follow their journey via their instagram channel - @eglezidonyte 

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Charlie Walker's adventures have taken him to the most remote and challenging places in the world. During this episode he shares stories from his epic 43,000-mile cycle tour, spanning across Europe, Asia, and Africa. But his adventures are not just taken on a bike - he has also trekked across Papua New Guinea, hiked in the Siberian Arctic, paddled down a tributary of the Congo River and recently cycled (or hike a biked!) through the Gola Rainforest in West Africa.

These adventures haven't all been smooth sailing. Indeed, Charlie has faced moments of extreme hardship, including an imprisonment in a Siberian detention centre in 2022 - within weeks of Russia invading Ukraine. 

Charlie also reflects on the awe-inspiring moments he's been lucky to have due to his adventures - enjoying times of pure solitude and the feelings of being alone in a vast and empty landscape. We also talk about  the changing landscape of travel brought on by technology, and how much things have changed since he first started taking long distance adventures.

You can follow Charlie via his instagram account - @cwexplore and his website - www.cwexplore.com where you can also purchase his books which I highly recommend!!  

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This week listener Laura Harris is taking us on her bike adventure in Colombia. She shares a day of her trip which actually happened on day no. 2 of her current bike adventure. Laura is currently on a huge journey in South America - end destination of Ushuaia! You can follow Laura's adventure via her instagram channel - @laurainwildplaces

I'm also excited to announce our upcoming Beyond the Bike Live Shows! 

Join me, and a lineup of incredible past podcast guests for a special live event in London on May 14 & 15! Each night will feature a panel discussion, film screening of Jude Kriwald's Award Winning Alone Across Gola Film as well as audience Q&A. We will be celebrating the spirit of adventure, bike travel in all its forms and the incredible places you can get to on two wheels. I hope to see you there and meet you in person.

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This episode is part 2 sharing guest Phill Hargreaves story and experiences from his three year Cycle Tour taken in 1984.  You can listen to Part 1 here.

This journey saw Phill leave home in the UK destination Australia. He left as a group of three, in Turkey his group became two and then from Nepal he continued the journey solo.  This conversation picks up that journey from Nepal as Phill made his way through Asia to Australia. 

Some incredible stories were shared for this leg of the journey by Phill including travelling through Myanmar, Island hopping in Indonesia - and then a wild work experience encounter on a fishing trawler when he finally reached Australia. 

After saving money Phill then decided to cycle back to the UK. He travelled through Australia and NZ before then heading home via China and Tibet. He'd catch the Trans-Siberian express to Germany and then cycled the rest of the journey. All up returning almost 3 years after setting off.

Phill's son Jamie is currently re-tracing this very journey Phill took and you can listen to the interview I had with him here. Jamie Hargreaves Episode

Be sure to also keep an eye out for his other son Olly who is now about to take his own journey from the UK to Singapore - his instagram is here: @sagas.of_olly.hargreaves

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Ever wanted to go cycling in Japan? Well this week I am sharing a story from Terri Jockerst who tells us about one day of her adventures in this country.  Terri has also written a fabulous book about this adventure called Biking to Busan. You can find it and her other books here. 

Be sure to follow Terri via instagram - @footloosefreckle and also on her YouTube channel.

I am also sharing an update from the road by our intrepid adventurer Rebecca Gross. She and her partner Javi are currently taking their big bike adventure from Austria to the Pamirs. Every few weeks I will be sharing updates from Rebecca letting you know how the journey is going so far. THi sis her first update since leaving home. You can follow Rebecca on instagram  - @rebecca_grb and also her partner Javi via @hacker.bikepacker

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Imagine cycling from the UK to Australia - via Everest Basecamp no less - in 1984! Guest Phill Hargreaves shares his incredible cycling journey from the UK to Australia and back during the mid-1980s. Phill's early adventures started when he was about 11 or 12 years old and he joined his local cycle touring club. Each weekend would be filled with short touring trips around the UK and so he quickly discovered a passion for bike travel - one that would take him to the other side of the world as well as being the first to ride a bike all the way from the UK to Everest Base Camp.

This cycle tour began in 1984, when Phil, joined by two friends, left the UK bound for Australia.  What followed was a true adventure. From crossing through what was at that time 'the Iron Curtain' of eastern Europe, dealing with bike failures, and then the unexpected events such as one of the trio 'disappearing' while riding out of Istanbul, Turkey, what struck me the most was this was a very different era of travel and a time where true 'adventure' could be had each and every day. 

Phill's recounting of his story also touches upon differences in travel experiences over the decades, as ever what shiens through is the impactful hospitality of locals, as well as poignant reflections on the philosophies that guided his adventure. This episode is part one of a two-part series detailing Phill's extraordinary travels.

I have also featured an episode with Phill's son Jamie Hargreaves who is currently tracing the route which Phill took over 40 years ago. You can listen to the episode with Jamie here.

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Ever wondered what you need to consider when planning out your own bike travel adventures? Well this week I've gone back through the archives and am featuring a section from my episode with Danish bike travellers Katja and Martin, as athey highlight what they did to prepare themselves for their huge journey of Cycling the Americas. You can listen to the full version of the original episode here 

You can also follow them via their instagram channel - @katjaogmartin.dk - and also read their blog www.Americasbybike.dk 

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Guest Saoirse Pottie first took to bikepacking as a way of enjoying the experiences of travel without the need for spending huge amounts of money.  Fair to say she has been hooked ever since and has also helped to generate a community around bike travel - especially championing and encouraging women to go on bikepacking adventures.

We discuss Saoirse's adventures through Ireland which she used as a way to gain the confidence to take on her biggest adventure - a bikepacking journey through Africa from Cape Town to Rwanda. 

Since the Africa journey Saoirse has continued to embrace the spirit of travel and community - having recently ridden the Caraterra Austral from Patagonio to Ushuaia as part of a group of 12. I really appreciated her insights into how she first got into this mode of slow travel, why she believes everyone should take on a solo trip, what it was like to cycle through Africa and also the balance and joys which come with taking on journeys solo as well as with others. 

You can find Saoirse via her instagram - @going.pottie - and more about her bikepacking weekend in Ireland - it's sold out but you can join the waiting list!

A link to the episode with Helen Dainty is here

You can learn more about Saoirse's bamboo Boogaalie Bike here.

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