The Lars Effect – Banff to the US Border
The Spray Lake trail is a quiet gravel road. It winds upwards from Canmore and then follows the lake. With graphite grey mountain ridges slanting above the evergreen and turning-yellow…
Taming of the Wilderness – The Icefields Parkway
The first rest day since arriving back on the mainland was at Bridge Lake. Thanks to welcoming hosts, we had the luxury of a shower and use of the washing…
Photos of Backroad Biking from Banff to Boise
Well, we made it to Boise, Idaho… which is not where I would have expected to be stopping by when we left Banff three weeks ago. Indeed, the plan had…
Photos of the Icefields Parkway, British Columbia
For anyone who hasn’t yet seen the photos on Flickr, here are some from the ride from Bridge Lake up to Jasper and then along the touristy Icefields Parkway to…
Stats Update from Idaho
Just a quick update as to how the trip is going… in numbers: Distance cycled: 2830km No. of days cycling: 38 No of days off: 6 Countries visited: 2 No.…
The Chilcotin Highway
Two nights and a day of rain after leaving Port Hardy on Vancouver Island and we disembarked the ferry at Bella Coola. The journey had taken us along the Discovery…
Photos of The Chilcotin Highway
From Bella Coola, we followed Highway 20 eastwards. Also known as the Chilcotin Highway, it first ascends 1500m to the Heckman pass which is a steep 18km climb. After that…
Photos from ferry to Bella Coola
From Port Hardy we took the slow ferry to Bella Coola. It left Saturday evening and after spending two nights camping on the boat, we arrived in the early hours…
Vancouver Island Ride – Victoria to Port Hardy
The 460km-long island off the British Columbia coast of Canada was originally called Quadra’s and Vancouver’s Island. Named so, after the Spanish commander of the Nootka Sound settlement and the…
Vancouver Island Ride
500km from Victoria to Port Hardy It’s been a gentle re-introduction to the life of cycle-touring. A week has passed and so have 500km. Now we’re in the north of…
South Vancouver Island
It’s been a relaxing first week in Canada. Most of my time has been spent with friends who live in Victoria on Vancouver Island. We’ve been sight-seeing on the south…
Butchart Gardens, Victoria Island
It’s been a lovely week staying with friends on Victoria Island, British Columbia. We’ve had relaxing days visiting the various sights the southern island has to offer. Yesterday we went…
The Greater Divide
The Plan Evolves When you’ve spent nearly 2 years cycling through Africa, the 4,400km Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR) doesn’t seem that far. A relatively short cycle through the…