The big journeys
Our journeys
Long bike journeys, road trips and years abroad, organised by journey rather than by country.
September 2025 · by bikeBack to Europe by bike
From Zagreb to the Mediterranean, through Slovenia, the Julian Alps and the Po plain, mixing cycling with Italian regional trains.
5 stories
May – September 2025 · by bikeKorea by bike
Seoul, then the road to Busan, the east coast up to Sokcho, Jeju island and the rivers of the west: four months of family cycling, with Clémence's trailer behind us.
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July – August 2025 · by bikeKyushu by bike
One month, 624 kilometres and a trailer across southern Japan: Fukuoka, Karatsu, Nagasaki, Amakusa, Kagoshima and Kumamoto.
10 stories
2021 – 2025 · by bikeCycling getaways in France
Marseille to Lyon, the Via Allier, a weekend in Provence and our tips for cycle touring with a child.
4 stories
Autumn 2024 · by bikeThe Belle Via and the Vercors
A family week on bikes, from the Isère valley to the cliffs of the Vercors.
2 stories
October 2024 · by trainSwitzerland by train
Six days, from Lake Neuchâtel to the Bernina Express.
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September 2024 · by bikeThe Passa Païs
There and back between Bédarieux and Castres on the old railway line of the Haut-Languedoc.
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May 2024 · by bikeThe Tarn gorges by bike
From Gaillac to Lozère, along the Tarn gorges cycle route and its hilltop villages.
4 stories
September 2022 · by bikeToulouse to Bordeaux by bike
Our first family cycling trip, along the canal to Agen and on to Bordeaux.
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2015 – 2021 · road tripShort trips
The train from Haputale to Kandy in Sri Lanka, mishaps in Coron in the Philippines and our favourite photos of Montenegro.
3 stories
July – September 2020 · road tripCanadian summer: Ontario and the Rockies
Ottawa, Ontario's beaches and Manitoulin Island, then Banff, Bow Glacier and the Iceline Trail in the Rockies.
8 stories
September – October 2019 · living abroadAutumn in Québec
Québec City, Île d'Orléans, the Saguenay fjord, Tadoussac and the autumn colours, before settling in Montréal.
7 stories
March 2019 · road tripBogotá
Gold, street art and everyday life in the Colombian capital.
4 stories
February – March 2018 · road tripAmerican West road trip
Highway 1, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Zion, Antelope Canyon and Route 66 — and later a detour to New Orleans.
10 stories
June 2018 · road tripFirst trip to Japan
Hiroshima, Miyajima, Osaka and Nara.
4 stories
January – February 2018 · road tripNew Zealand road trip
From the volcanoes of the North Island to the fjords of Milford Sound, via Akaroa, Mount Cook and the Routeburn Track.
10 stories
2017 · living abroadA year in Australia
Leaving home, Sydney, farm work, then thousands of kilometres of road from Queensland to the Northern Territory, on to Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne.
33 stories
August 2017 · road tripBali
Ubud, the rice terraces, sunrise on Mount Batur and a day of cycling between temples.
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