Instead of writing a trip report on the Moroccan stretch of my autumn 2017 tour, I thought I’d share a selection of photos. I selected fourteen photos from the 350 photos I took during my time in Morocco. This is one photo for every day in the saddle.…
I made a short video on cycling from Khenifra to Tinghir though the high atlas mountains in Morocco. Date: 8-10 December 2017, Morocco. 270km distance, 4300 meters of ascent Day 1: Khenifra – Tizi N’Isly Strava Day 2: Tizi N’Isly – Agoudal Strava Day 3: Agoudal – Tinghir Strava
From Santiago de Compostela to Caminha, Portugal After spending two nights in Santiago de Compostela, I continued south through Galicia. I had made a route that follows paved roads while avoiding busy main roads. As I passed through many smaller villages in Galicia, the route often had me climbing away from the valley floor and…
While I am waiting for my Belgian passport to arrive in Torremolinos, so I can continue on to Morocco, I thought I’d share some reflections from the last seven weeks of life on and off the bicycle. First some numbers: I covered just over 4 000kms in 50 days (45 days on the bicycle) and…
I’ve been on the road for over two weeks now and am writing from Burgos, Castellia y Leon. Leaving home and all through France, the Camino de Santiago felt little more than a (scenic) bicycle route to me. This has changed considerably since I entered Spain and started tracking the much more popular Camino Frances.…
Tomorrow morning I am setting off on my first multi-month bicycle tour. Tonight I am sleeping in my own bed for the last time in the next two months. Tomorrow this time I will be lying in my tent somewhere along the Belgian-French border as I make my way south. The last week has been…
For my 2017 summer holidays I considered several options for my first solo multi-week trip by bicycle. On the short list were Iceland (scratched due to only two weeks of time), the popular JOGLE route across Great Britain (also scratched due to time constraints) and cycling North to the most bicycle-friendly city of the world…