The Stories That Carry Us

I bet she’s grateful to warm up, I thought, whilst Josh continued reading of Dervla Murphy’s battle through one of Europe’s coldest winters.  It was 2019, the tail end of winter, and Storm Gareth meant we’d spent the day battling ferocious gusts along coastal roads in Northern France. Exhausted and weather-beaten, we’d collapsed into our …

Bikepacking The Borek Trail

(This article was written for bikepacking.com) It’s a cold winter’s afternoon in Zagreb, Croatia, and I push my bike into oncoming crowds of jubilant sports fans. Struggling to steer and keep my patience, I’m slipping into a grouchy state of autodrive. Thanks to a soon-to-expire Schengen visa, the previous week had been a calorie and …