When I listened to this album I felt like I was in a French cafe that had just been inundated by circus folk. There are a few quieter pop tunes but it is also pretty hectic in places. I enjoyed the raucous instrumentation and collaborative vocals but this is not music made for cycling in the peaceful countryside. Fav track – Sur la route.
Cheerful and energetic, like our friend Florence who recommended it!
In this episode of the How are you? Where are you? podcast we focus on what it means to finish the 800km Camino de Santiago. Recorded in Santiago de Compostela we capture the moment we officially finish, are joined by a special guest and whip up another treat on the camp stove.
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo
Just finished this book and thought it might be nice to put a short review on here. I enjoyed it a lot. It contrasted pretty starkly with the beautiful French and Spanish villages we’ve been riding through.
We crossed The Pyrenees and climbed 2,600m in two days, and that wasn’t the end of it. We also climbed to the Cruz de Ferro and there will be so much more!
I only have a few secret weapons for helping me climb. One is to sneakily put my heaviest stuff into Baden’s panniers, another is entering a deep, trance-like state thus leaving my body, the third is my climbing playlist.
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We were randomly contacted a couple of days ago to do an interview with Simon Mercep on the Afternoon programme on Radio New Zealand.
We’ve only been going for just over a month but I tried to big-up cycle touring as much as I could.
Our sixth episode comes from Saint Jean Pied-de-Port in France as we prepare to head across Spain roughly following the Camino de Santiago. This time we talk about cycling in south west France, our budget for the first month and chocolate!
We’ve been travelling for a month and our routine has begun to develop. I was recently asked about my beauty regimen on the road and thought I’d confess a few things here.