Antwerp to Ghent. Restoration to the max
Having been to Antwerp twice already, I didn’t hang around the following day but instead, set off mid-morning for Ghent. I cycled through the city and took the tunnel underneath the river that runs through it to the other side after which I made my way through the small towns of the Belgian countryside. You […]
Amsterdam to Antwerp. Dutch canals and Belgium beer
Being The Netherlands and Belgium, I imagined that I wouldn’t need a map for such a short journey and I was proved, well, partially correct. It would have made the trip certainly easier but at the same time, maybe a little less daunting. I did indeed want a challenge. With a compass as a means […]
Change, change, change…
It was my intention to bring my belongings back to Manchester via train, and then head back to Amsterdam to start my journey from here. Waking up the other day and realising that a friend was driving around Europe and also through Amsterdam, I had a strange idea that I could actually just cycle home […]
Foreword
Having no phone and very little access to the internet will surely mean that I won’t be able to contact people for fairly long periods of time. As annoying as this might be, it’s also one of the things I’m looking forward to most; being out of sight if you like. Having said that, there […]
Getting everything wrapped up
I’m now, barring any unforeseen changes, about two weeks from handing in my notice at work. I’ll most likely work for another three or four weeks and, to be perfectly honest, time couldn’t go fast enough. It all seems a like a long time ago since I first hatched this crazy idea; I lived in […]