Is my Spanish improving?

11/10/2018 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad Is my Spanish improving I wonder? At times I think so, but then I think not. Just a few days ago I was in a place called Valverde de Burguillos, having some ‘Gasolina Bicicletta’, and as I was about to leave I asked the guy behind the bar the…

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Food is fuel!

08/10/2018 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad I’ve had a bit of grief about lack of contact earlier in the escapade and I think I’ve explained that a big part of the issue re cycle touring is getting enough fuel, i.e. food on board, to keep the pedals turning. Before I go into detail, I have to…

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The Camino de Santiago

03/10/2018 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad I found out, after a few days in Spain, that Eurovelo 1 is twinned with the Camino de Santiago, for quite some distance. Not sure how far, and I’m not bothered to find out, but the issue is the signs become the ones for the Camino and the Eurovelo…

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Positives from negatives!

13/09/2018 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad It sometimes takes a while to find positives when confronted by a wall of negatives. In this instance I was given a hint of a positive by a group of guys I met along the way who I now call the ‘100 guys’ because they smash out 100 kms…

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France is closed!

07/09/2018 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad Very short post for now, but I have been admonished by a number of folks who are hassling me about my whereabouts and also if I’m still alive! Yes, to the second one, obviously, and I’m in a place called St.Brevin les Pins, which is on the opposite bank…

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Steep Learning Curve!

20/08/2018 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad Two weeks almost completed, ‘on the road’, and what have I learnt so far? Quite a lot I think. Some very obvious, some almost genius, even if I do say so myself. Firstly, I have to be aware of my abilities, or lack of, as the case may be,…

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My Thorn Nomad Mk2

14/08/2018 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad. I suppose it would be a good idea to say something about the bicycle that is going to be my beast of burden, along with some of the specifications and how I came to choose it. I must reiterate a point made in earlier posts that when it comes…

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Bugger!

13/07/2018 Simon ‘Wardy’ Ward is nomadonanomad. So, back in England at long last. Leaving Laos was chaotic in the extreme. Not only had I got to sell all the stuff I had accumulated over the years but deal with a load of grief that I won’t go into now but will probably write about in…

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