Whilst I’m wasn’t sponsored for this trip (I think that makes me a ‘privateer’, or is it a ‘buccaneer’?) there are many people who have either generally helped me get through life to this point (and I don’t quite know how I’ve managed it most of the time) or given […]
Alaska to México by Bicycle – Epilogue – Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México & Maldon, Essex, UK
Courtesy of www.SladeRide.com (Gallery & FAQs at bottom of post) Home time. I’ve spent a couple of months thinking about it. And now, I’m back in the UK, with my bike (Charles). For now at least I feel like I’ve done enough. […]
Alaska to México by Bicycle – Pt 6 – Denver, Colorado, USA via New Mexico & Texas to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México
Courtesy of www.SladeRide.com (Gallery at bottom of post) “Wait here while I get the spear I used to kill him!” he says, running off to his van. Its almost pitch black, its below zero, I’m at the otherwise deserted far-end of a campsite in a remote Colorado valley and John, […]
Sidetrip – Los Angeles, California & Denver, Colorado, USA
Courtesy of www.SladeRide.com (Gallery at bottom of post) “Where’s my gin!” we’d mockingly imagine her adding after she’d ordered us to “Keep left on highway 270” in her slurred, robotised voice. I’m driving, near Denver with Jeff, a long time friend from Milwaukee and we’ve just switched on the GPS […]
Alaska to México by Bicycle – Pt 5 – Helena, Montana to Denver, Colorado, USA
Courtesy of www.SladeRide.com (Gallery at bottom of post & 2 videos below) I value the top of my bonce, my head, my noggin, my tete, my skull, my scalp. So, why is it that I stabbed a broken, dagger-like tree branch (still attached to pine in question) into the top […]
Alaska to México by Bicycle – Pt 4 – Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada to Helena, Montana, USA
Courtesy of www.SladeRide.com (Gallery at bottom of post) “What do you mean you ‘don’t take tents’? You’re advertised as a campsite and the road signs show a picture of A TENT!!!” say I, incredulous in the least. “I’m sorry but we don’t take tents, we’ve had some trouble with vandalism from […]
Alaska to México by Bicycle – Pt 3 – Whitehorse, Yukon to Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada
Courtesy of www.SladeRide.com (Gallery at bottom of post) PING! PING! WTF! No, I’m not trying for the UK table tennis team at the next Olympics, nor am I breaking the strings on a guitar (which is sort of like the sound…) but the spokes are breaking on my rear wheel. […]
Alaska to México by Bicycle – Pt 2 – Fairbanks, Alaska, USA to Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Courtesy of www.SladeRide.com… (Gallery at bottom of post) Prologue – Peru, September 2005, Jon Slade ‘blog e-mail’ to home… Firstly, an overlooked incident from the time of my last missive, whilst on mountaineering “manoeuvres” (no Jon, you are not and never have been in the army, Cub Scouts yes) in the […]
Alaska to México by Bicycle – Side Trip – Southern Alaska, USA
Courtesy of www.SladeRide.com… (Gallery at bottom of post) With my legs somewhat rested, bike (Charles) stored in Fairbanks (thanks John) I set off in the middle of June for a 2 week driving tour of Southern Alaska a friend from Liverpool / New Jersey, Lee. A CAR! NO PEDALLING! To […]
Alaska to México by Bicycle – Pt 1 – Prudhoe Bay to Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Courtesy of www.SladeRide.com… (Video approx half way down & Gallery at bottom of post) So, the 27th of May 2009, a hotel room in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, USA on the Arctic Ocean Coast, 250 miles INSIDE the Arctic Circle, 240 miles south by mostly dirt road to the next Service […]