Starting from St Petersburg in July 2014, crossing Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Holland, UK, Ireland and France, arrive Barcelona, Spain in December 2014. Met so many wonderful people, learnt a lot, laughed a lot, shared a lot!
From the southwest to southeast of France it is a piece of flat and fertile land by the foot of Pyrenee mountain. Plenty of rivers never stop flowing for ages from the mountain to irrigate the land and nourish the local people. A few hundred years ago, people built canals beside the rivers to facilitate… Read More Russia to Spain Tour Leg 33 – Bordeaux to Albi
Once I left Chaillvette and on the way to Bordeaux, the vegetation changes gradually, from oyster farm to vineyard. This is near the coastal town Royan along the river. The coastal scenery in Royan is very pretty. After Royan, I rode along the river and prepared to spend a night in Blaye, where Samuel’s friend… Read More Russia to Spain Tour Leg 32 – Chaillvette to Bordeaux
After saying goodbye to Captain Fabien and Claire, I continued my solitude ride through Rochefort, along the coast I picked some edible wild plants Fabien told me and ate them, fresh and organic, I will definitely do more research on them and promote the idea of consuming natural green leaves. Then I carried on… Read More Russia to Spain Tour Leg 31 – La Rochelle to Chaillvette
Using my new second hand smartphone to navigate was like 10 times faster (in my old phone, I had to wait 5 mins for a command to run in my map), I know I am addicted to modern technology, but just essential things could satisfy me, I don’t need to change it whenever the new… Read More Russia to Spain Tour Leg 30 – Nantes to La Rochelle
I was totally grateful to be hosted by Alain and Martine, they are honestly like my parents, who made me a sandwich to be taken on the road before I left. I will always miss them! Alain rode with me for around 15 km, showing me smaller road to avoid traffic. The weather was fine… Read More Russia to Spain Tour Leg 29 – Dinan to Nantes
Paris has a special attractive force that making people don’t want to leave, but to stay in its romantic atmosphere, like my Italian host Mauro decided to settle down there. But my journey had to continue, thanks Julien for recommending me the pilgrimage route from Notre Dame Paris to Mont St Michel, many people actually… Read More Russia to Spain Tour Leg 28 – Paris to Mont St Michel and Dinan
On the ferry to Le Harve, a French girl Gaelle talked with me, she also brought her bike but only cycled for a few days in England, and taking a train back to eastern France. She was amazed by my trip, but I told her that is only a corner of an iceberg, there are… Read More Russia to Spain Tour Leg 27 – Le Harve to Paris
After deciding not to cheat to skip France, I had to cycle to the south of England and take the ferry to La Harve, France. It brought me visit the most spectacular place I longed to visit in the whole England, that is Stonehenge. Riding from London to Stonehenge takes 2 days, it is along… Read More Russia to Spain Tour Leg 26 – London to Stonehenge to Portsmouth
This leg I am going to continuously bump into old and new friends, after visiting Greg in Leicester, the next stop was Andy’s home in Rugby. I visited them in early September and promised his 2 daughters to come back and see them again when I am on the way back. Although it was a… Read More Russia to Spain Tour Leg 25 – Leicester to London
Most of the time in the UK, GPS directs me to National Cycle Routes, which you might end up in a muddy path full of thorns. Some routes are good though, but now I would rather avoid going there, I would navigate myself through “A” roads. You cannot ride on “M” road which are motorways.… Read More Russia to Spain Tour Leg 24 – Leeds to Manchester to Leicester
