Adventure cycling – 12,000 miles from UK to New Zealand

On the 22nd May I left my home and started to cycle 12,000 miles to New Zealand.


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Favourite memories from the road

by Lee hughes on May 9, 2012

Favourite memories from the road It’s approaching one year since I left my home to cycle across the world. With many ups and downs along the way without a doubt my fondest memories of my trip will be the people. The people made my trip what is was, a life changing experience. I owe them [...]

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Heading into places unknown

by Lee hughes on February 8, 2012

Random acts of kindness in Europe and heading into places unknown.

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First thoughts on life on the road

by Lee hughes on January 12, 2012

I have been away from home now for just over 2 months and I have been on the road now for 6.5 weeks of that time. I would like to share my first thoughts on life on a road. Although this is a small time in terms of bicycle touring I’m planning on writing this [...]

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Cycling through Turkey

by Lee hughes on January 12, 2012

Turkey Europe was a walk in park compared to Turkey but with new challenges comes great rewards. Turkey will always have a place in my heart for my time spent there and along with my time in Rennes it remains my favourite country to date for one simple reason – the people. After 5,000km on [...]

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The End of one chapter and the start of another

by Lee hughes on January 12, 2012

I once heard that a friend of a friend had cycled to Prague and it hit me that this was the answer I was looking for. I went back to University in order to save money for further travels, which I had a done previously with the aim of getting a degree and doing something [...]

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Cycling Iran – So misunderstood

by Lee hughes on January 12, 2012

Cycling Iran Since the start of this trip I was looking forward to Iran the most due to amazing reports from previous travellers here. I have to be honest though because I had such high expectations from this country I think it hindered my experience somewhat. It has been the countries I knew nothing about [...]