Walking Home From Mongolia Update 03/09/2012
 Just a reminder that I'm still alive! My walk through China is proving to be everything I hope for and more. We are currently just over half way, and most recently trekked through the ancient city of Xi'An, past the Terracotta Warriors and out of the cold, bitter winter! There are regular blogs, photo and videos at www.walkinghomefrommongolia.com, so do head over there to check out what we're up to. Meanwhile, I've created a page on this site with a small gallery of photos from the expedition so far, hopefully giving a taster of our adventure. Check it out here 1 Comment New York to Hong Kong Montage Video 12/15/2011
Here's a quick sneak peak at some montage footage from my New York to Hong Kong cycling adventure last year. I cut it over a weekend in the summer to have something to show at my talks about the journey. I still (shamefully!) haven't properly watched through the majority of my footage yet as I jumped headfirst into the Walking Home From Mongolia expedition, but I'm looking forward to working with it in the summer of 2012 when I get back to the UK. This clip is extremely low-res as I'm uploading it from a hotel room in China and is a combination of footage from my secondary handlebar-mounted camera, and two or three brief clips from my primary. The real thing will all be HD! Hope you enjoy, please do let me know what you think Sonid Youqi 12/02/2011
Today is day 19 of the Walking Home From Mongolia Expedition, and Rob and I have just reached Sonid Youqi in the Inner Mongolian Gobi. So far we've covered around 375km, which feels like a good start - Hong Kong however still lies over 4,500km to the south, so there's plenty more walking to be done! Check out the full stories, blogs, pictures and follow our progress at www.walkinghomefrommongolia.com Cheers! 
In Ulaanbaatar! 11/10/2011
Hey everyone, I'm currently in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, preparing for my new Walking Home From Mongolia expedition. For the next 6 months this website will only be updated periodically - for the most up to date info check out www.walkinghomefrommongolia.com Rob Lilwall and I are planning to trek 5000km from the Gobi Desert to Hong Kong, making a TV show along the way. We're really excited about it, and are expecting lots of thrills and spills along the way, so please do check it out! You can also follow us on Facebook here and Twitter here. Feel free to drop me a message - it'll be a welcome bit of support during the long days of hiking! Extra Miles 09/15/2011
 First off, a quick update on our progress. Rob and I have been working hard over the last few weeks to finalise our choice of gear for this expedition. The equipment we use is obviously vitally important, and could be the difference between success and failure on this journey, and we are delighted that some excellent companies are coming on board to supply us with top-rate gear - keep an eye out on this blog for announcements of our major providers very soon.
Over on our Walking Home From Mongolia site, Rob has blogged about our preparation, make a helpful (and frighteningly extensive) list of what we need to do. Below is his blog:
There are many, many things to do to get ready for an expedition of this scale. Here is my shortlist of things we are having to pour time into over the next 2.5 months before we leave (I will blog individually about many of these as time goes on). Leon and I will share these tasks, and my wife Christine is also being amazingly helpful (it was her who built this cool website). Dear friends, readers and casual passers-by,
I am delighted to be able to announce the launch of my new expedition (and undoubtedly the hardest thing I'll have ever attempted!) - Walking Home From Mongolia The new website is http://walkinghomefrommongolia.com Setting off in November, it will be an epic 2,500 mile journey from Mongolia to Hong Kong by foot and portable kayak (packraft), and is being supported by National Geographic who will broadcast a TV show of the journey. I will travel in winter, from the wastelands of the Gobi Desert to the glittering skyline of Hong Kong, via the Great Wall of China, the Yellow River, the ancient city of Xi An and the limestone peaks of Gulin. Silence 06/30/2011
Apologies everyone, there's been radio silence from my site for a couple of weeks now. Fear not though, all will (hopefully!) become clear soon. I've been working hard on details of a new expedition, and with any luck it'll all start to come together pretty soon. This ones gonna be big, that's all I can say for now! Except maybe also that Lola might have to stay at home this time round.... Stay tuned! Coming up in the next couple of days as well, my top 5 favourite things about travelling in Cambodia. It's a really magical country, and one which I'd love to visit again. So check out my Top 5 soon! Writing a book 05/23/2011
Who would have thought that typing things into a computer could be a bigger challenge than riding a bicycle half way around the world? Nevertheless it seems so, at least in the early stages. After a couple of months of planning and procrastinating (in unequal measure) I've finally started the task of effectively gathering and ordering the stories, adventures, lessons and philosophies that 'The Cycling Reporter' brought into my life. Right now the thought of authoring an entire book with any sort of coherence terrifies me more than slightly, but if I learn one thing from cycling it was that by chipping away at something day by day and ignoring setbacks then just about anything is achievable. Practice what you preach they say, and 'they' are rarely wrong. In other news - it's a bank holiday next week in the U.K. I'll be having myself another lovely little mini-adventure - I encourage you to make the most of that extra weekend day as well! Vicarious Living 05/12/2011
[To view the full post, click here]  Riding through Big Sur, California One of the really rewarding aspects of my recent New York to Hong Kong cycle has been the supportive emails, messages and general feedback I've received. A recurring theme was that readers of my blog were enjoying being able to live vicariously though my travels; that is, to take pleasure in the experiences I was having from their own location hundreds or even thousands of miles away. I felt (and still feel) incredibly lucky to be able to spend a year of my life doing what I love - riding a bicycle, playing with video cameras and travelling through exciting new places. To be able to share it online with the world was a wonderful bonus, and now I'm finished I find a similar sense of fulfillment following the travels of others. |      ArchivesMay 2015 CategoriesAll |
