November in the UK is rugby month! For more than 100 years, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand have toured these shores over the winter months. Unlike in 1951-1952 when the Springboks toured from early October until the middle of February and played 31 matches, in this age of...
I have mentioned it before but one of the reasons I love living in London is its location and this past weekend we headed to Copenhagen to visit Signe, a good friend who now lives with us in London but grew up in the city. I love visiting friends in their home cities as you get to experience...
The beautiful Plaza de Espana
As I’ve said before, one of the reasons I love living in London is it’s central location and the ability to pop over to Europe easily and inexpensively for weekends away. A few weeks ago, I headed to Spain and the capital of, and largest city in,...
I’ve said it before many times but what makes travelling is the people you meet and the life-long friends you make. Pauli and I met at a hostel in Mumbai, India, in February 2011 and we travelled together for over a month before our paths split. We remained in touch ever since via...
As we crossed into Georgia before the sun rose after a long day’s non-stop driving through Turkey, the countryside changed from largely flat and barren to lush and mountainous. Car-swallowing potholes littered the...
As we descended into an intimidating sea of traffic and lights, some 2,000 miles and 50 hours after docking in Calais, a real sense of accomplishment displaced the tiredness we were feeling.
Our initial goal was an ambitious one – to make it to Istanbul by Wednesday 6am in time to...
The team enjoying breakfast in the sunshine just after crossing into Bulgaria. We’d been on the road for 36 hours at this point and it would be another 16 hours of driving before we made it into Istanbul late on Tuesday night.
To read more about our first few days on the road,...
When I jumped on board and told the guys I’d be joining them on this adventure, I had no idea what lay between Europe and Mongolia. I figured Russia would likely come into it, possibly China? I knew this was ‘Stan’...
(This originally appeared on our team blog but has been copied here as I am the author).
I recall hearing the words “Mongol Rally’ somewhere someplace at sometime but it wasn’t more than a fleeting thought...
