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I’m headed west for a few weeks!
The current plan is to ride the Stagecoach 400 route, then head over to Death Valley for a dirt road tour, perhaps weaving together a loop based on the new Reno-Vegas bikepacking route. If there’s time… and the weather is willing… I’d love to ride the...

Meet my pal the Ocotillo. But don’t shake his hands.
It’s been a good long while since this blog has seen an update. Sorry! But rest assured, I haven’t slacked off completely. Much of the content I’ve been writing over the last year has found a home at bikepacking.com....

Well, it won’t be a white Christmas for us this year…
But how could we begrudge the distinctly unwintry weather enjoyed during our Solstice Family Campout, down in southern New Mexico’s Organ Mountains – so named for their distinctive, cylindrical granite flutes that jut out from the parched expanse of...

Until I buckle down and write up an account of my recent trip to Mongolia – pictures of which can be seen on Tumblr – here’s a brief post on our family outing to Exmoor National Park in June.
A small but enchanting parcel of land, Exmoor is amongst my favourite spots in the UK. Located in the rolling hills of the South West, the land ranges from verdant coombes harbouring secret mossy glades, to open and windswept moorland, where views can...