The winning distance was measured as the crow flies rather than just kilometres covered

For people who love to scrutinise the details in the results, they are set out below David covered the greatest distance, spent the most...

So, you fancy a crack at the 48-hour challenge, do you? Well the rules, such as they are, are set out below. Once you have decided you...

Distance 1,402km Elevation 14,376m Time 70 hours Speed Average 20kph Weight of fully laden bike 19kg...

It’s inevitable that at the end of a ride like this that I would have mixed emotions. I am happy to have finished, there’s definitely a...

I started day 12 of my ride sitting in the sun in the market square in Salisbury sipping coffee and watching the world go by. This is a...

I've got just two days and roughly 200km to go. 11 days have flown past. Well, 9 days have. The first two were tortuous and each one...

Today is always going to stick in my mind for one reason only: it was the day I rode a bike with my Dad for the first and probably only...

Well that was a proper Riding the Long Way Home day. It was physically tough enough to leave me knackered and mentally tough enough to...

Throughout this trip I've been staying in a combination of Premier Inn hotels, Airbnb's and with some friends. Last nights Airbnb,...

I'm going to call today a transition day. It was another highly enjoyable mix of solo and duo riding starting in Northampton and...

Today was a game of two halves: a morning spent with a new friend and the first solo kilometres of the trip this afternoon. First things...

My day 5 legs have arrived exactly on schedule. It's like I ordered them on Amazon Prime yesterday, got them out of the box and put them...

What the cycling God's can give with one hand they can take away with the other. After yesterday's excellent recovery ride, today was a...

I'm not sure how many readers of this blog are familiar with the concept of there being different types of fun, but it goes something...

I think there is a special sense of accomplishment when you complete something you were convinced that you couldn't do. By lunchtime...

For each of my previous Long Way Home rides the first hour or so has been super stressful, making my way out of Milan, Hamburg and...

For quite a few weeks I have been trying to feel as excited about this year’s year Long Way Home ride as the previous ones, but I’ve failed.

I have always preferred to take my longest holiday of the year over Christmas and over the past 20 years have only twice taken more than...

It's amazing how little public approval it takes for a person (me) to start daydreaming about a different life. I mean I have been...