Category: Cairo to Cape Town
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The Final Push South
South Africa marked a key milestone in this journey……edging towards the END! Throughout this last week I tried to use the time to enjoy the last few riding days, mainly by myself. Throughout this whole journey the mornings had always brought me the most joy feeling somehow special. Generally blessed…
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Namibia threw everything at me apart from the kitchen sink!
Having spent some time in Namibia a couple of years ago I was going into this section of riding with my eyes wide open. My expectation was long dusty corrugated roads. But this was only the half of it. Quite literally I had everything thrown at me and just about…
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Botswana’s Backcountry
Botswana marked a major milestone in my journey through Africa, I got to ride my own bike again. The Wheels of Steel were well and truly back on the road. On the pan flat roads of Botswana, I was flying along, faster than I had ever ridden on my road…
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Zambia – When the wheels came off……. Literally!
When I look back on Zambia in years to come I am sure it will be with a smile and I am sure at some point I will be able to laugh about the experience. But at the time it felt super stressful and uncomfortable on my body and a…
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The Closest I hope I Ever come to Prison……
Malawi was always going to have a lot to live up to after the special experience in Tanzania. Like normal on this trip, we are tomorrow about to leave Zambia and I am only just gathering my thoughts on the country before. Normally my lack of speed is due to…
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The good, the bad and the ugly…..
Tanzania for me to date has been the biggest mix of emotions on the trip. Initially it was god damn awful. I am not sure in what society having stones thrown at you, riders being attacked by sticks and having machetes waved in you face by young boys demonstrates a…
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Kipchoge’s Kenya
A few weeks have passed since we exited the Kenyan border and we are now two countries further on. The pace of the tour has been hard to keep up with the days getting longer and the stages getting harder. Leaving far less time to keep my records of what…
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Undertakings in Uganda
Putting pen to paper about Uganda has been a real struggle, the simple reason is I just didn’t know what to say! I asked someone yesterday “what do you remember about Uganda” they took a deep breath and said “ I am struggling “. After chatting for a while we…
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The Land of a Thousand Hills
Thankfully in the land of a thousand hills, we didn’t have to climb them all!! Despite Rwandas difficult recent past of genocide, where over 800,000 people were reportedly killed in 100 days. The nation continues to push forward, promoting one Rwanda, a country without division. The rest of the world…
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As the cycling circus moves through town
Two weeks have passed since I left the UK, already I have lost all sense of what time it is and what day. New routines are established, which include life admin like washing, putting up your tent and trying to be organised for the next day. The one thing I…
