World Tour
On the final day of March 2019 we set off from Telford, Shropshire to circumnavigate the World on our bicycles. We planned to cycle 24,000 miles and cross more than 30 different countries.
5 Years and 1 global pandemic later we returned to the Arc de Triomphe, Paris on the 26th May 2024 to complete our circumnivation of the world by bicycle.
The stories below document our journey around the world. You can also find our route and stats here.
How’s this for a cycle path, fantastic, no? Talk about working with nature. In Taiping they’ve even reinforced this tree (and many like it) so it can grow exactly how nature intended it.
From the minute we walked in, the man pictured, named Loh, and his family were very interested in our adventure. He took pictures and a video of us. We answered all his questions. I wonder where the video will end up 😆.
The storms in southern Thailand and Malaysia can be incredible. Often you hear deep and loud rolls of thunder, some even wake us up at night. We do stand and watch them from the hotel sometimes but haven’t caught a proper good lightening strike on camera yet ⚡️
Last year we cycled 13,000 miles across 21 countries in loving memory of best best friend, Leanne Brownhill. The plan was a 24,000 mile bike ride across 26 countries, but covid ended our adventure and fundraising efforts.
How freakin’ gorgeous is this firehouse in George Town, Penang? We cycled past earlier today, but as I tried to get a photo the lights turned green so we came back later.
Upon first entering Thailand from Cambodia the roads were very pleasant, plenty of space and very little traffic. However as we got closer to Bangkok, the traffic volume steadily increased.
There are no rules to cycle touring As long as youre leaving one place on a bicycle and arriving at another youre cycle touring It can be a few miles or a couple hundred its up to you
Getting back into cycle touring was an adjustment that was easier for us to make than we expected We did worry that wed struggle to adjust to budget living but so far things are going well
If you’re in your twenties, you should pack a bike and ride as far as you can. Throw in the towel on your job and just do it.
The rain falls heavy in South East Asia and you can tell there’s a storm brewing from the temperate change.
A commendable decision was made by this team working at 7-Eleven/Caltex.
We rolled into La-ngu simply because it was on route. We were expecting just to eat and sleep, but at dinner we ended up having a wholesome time.
Here are a couple of signs that caught our eyes today! Both of us were entertained by them.
Cycle touring is a way of travel that requires absolutely no expectations. But I don’t seem to learn that 🫠
I personally would not return to Bangkok. We booked 4 nights and I wished it was 2. Other travellers love it so much they’ll stay for a fortnight. To each their own.
It was directly outside our hotel and we were starving. Although it was out of budget for us we both felt a good meal was needed.
Songkran was pretty mind blowing, to be honest! The tradition is a country wide waterfight across Thailand and its the same in Cambodia, too.
Here’s something I forgot to tell you…I think we caused a small car accident! Someone had a bad day 😫
A collection of our world tour cycling statistics showing distance, elevation and days, as well as our planned route and actual route.
We found our travels to be so inspiring that we made sure to get back out on the road after a three year break thanks to you know who.
I could not believe my eyes when we cycled through a seaside town to see these monkeys!
One morning we set off on our bike ride and rolled between these gorgeous salt farms. It turned out we were cycling through Samut Sakhon, a leading province in sea salt farming.
It’s so perfect to be on the coastline of Thailand. Ah, I keep breathing a deep sign of relief and just taking in what’s around me.