I struggle to look at these pictures because of the pain of losing Tim. But it’s important to talk about him. I’m giving a talk next Friday at the virtual Cycle Touring Festival about the ride we did in Tim’s memory last summer. Please tune in 🩵

I was baffled that there was no refill option at the water station. We had to make do with taking others’ discarded bottles and using those to top up our own! Definitely part of the feedback…

I ran Ealing half marathon today dressed as a plane to protest against the race being sponsored by Wizz Air. Airlines shouldn’t be sponsoring running events. They really are taking the wizz. (As opposed to these guys, who are taking a wizz)

Oops… spotted!! 🙈

Safe travels Shivaji! Hope the crossing is smooth.

Love a good gate picture!

Back in Blighty after 8 wonderful days in Slovenia. Slightly cooler than on the way out because I left my beautiful turquoise jacket on a Flixbus 😭😭😭

One last sunset in Ljubljana before getting on the sleeper train home.

We took a bike tour of the city earlier, before we catch the sleeper train later. The roads in central Ljubljana were closed to traffic in 2004, making a wonderfully calm and cycleable city. The fountain in the second picture used to be a roundabout.

On our last day in Slovenia we headed out to the coast, to the tiny town of Piran. Slovenia’s coastline is so small that if you look one way, there’s Croatia, and the other way it’s Italy. There are no sand beaches but you can climb off the rocks into the sea, which is warm and clear 🌊

Easy by train and plenty of bikes here too. Seems Slovenia is a good cycling country.

Lake Bled. You can see why it’s so Instagrammable. From every angle!