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A highly unlikely bicycle tourist

Stephen Peel

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My Story

I'm Steve, 57 years from Liverpool. I'm a husband, a father and a grandad, and when I set out in 2017 on my first-ever bicycle tour, I was strongly built and weighed 350 pounds (158 kg) at 6ft (1.8m) tall. For just over a year and four months, I had the most incredible time, which included visiting 12 countries and 7800 actual cycling miles (12550 km).

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There's big, and there's big, and I'm bigger. I ordered a bike I thought could take my weight, and off I rode. I wasn't even a regular cyclist. Weight training was my hobby. I felt the bicycle was the vehicle I needed to see the world at the right pace without carrying suitcases or bags on my back.

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I had no idea how far I could cycle with a fully-loaded bike in a day, and without a single day of practice, I managed 23 miles to a campsite in Cheshire. That was the farthest I had cycled since I was a teen, and it felt pretty good.

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I had no idea how far I could cycle with a fully-loaded bike in a day, and without a single day of practice, I managed 23 miles to a campsite in Cheshire. That was the farthest I had cycled since I was a teen, and it felt pretty good.

 

I treated my ride like a holiday, albeit with a bike. I had no intention of simply picking two points on the earth and sleeping under a tarp for months, eating pasta and porridge to fill the gap. I travelled a lot like that in my youth. I thought I'd save that style of touring for another later adventure if I enjoyed the first, of course.

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That said, I had my share of wild camping in my tent. I also stayed on campsites, in huts, hotels and guesthouses. I had meals in restaurants and bars from street-food vendors, and I even managed pasta on my camp stove. I didn't rely on others to house and feed me. I used my hard-earned savings. It was my adventure, after all, and I wasn't interested in anyone else covering the costs.

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I had more challenges than I could have imagined before setting out. Due to being run over by a truck some years earlier, my spine wasn't getting any better. I also suffered a few other conditions so that the ride could be my last massive physical adventure.

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Being a family man in my 50s with financial and other responsibilities, I planned to have my wife visit me from time to time, as she would be working much harder to keep everything running smoothly at home in my absence. I was even prepared to return home on occasion for unforeseen reasons,  depending on how long I was away, and I was cool with that. I wasn't out to set records. I was out to have a great adventure holiday with a bike.

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Bicycle Touring / Cycle Touring

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Bicycles and other pedal-powered vehicles are perfect for exploring the world at just the right speed and in any way you choose. A day out or a long weekend with an organised tour group or partner. On a shoestring or healthy budget. Travel as your fitness permits, for as long as you wish. There are no rules, and you don’t have to love cycling or be a regular cyclist to love touring.

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Info

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โœฆ 74,000 words across 14 chapters about a far-from-typical bicycle touring adventure.

 

โœฆ 70 Beautiful high-resolution black and white/greyscale photographs (full-colour photographs in colour-compatible devices and media)

 

โœฆ Professionally styled layout to create an even more pleasurable reading experience

 

โœฆ Organic reviews. No pre-launch reviews, no paid-for reviews, and no review swaps

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โœŽ A Varied Selection of Reviews

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As you can see, I decided to include a selection of excellent and not-so-great reviews. 

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"This is an enjoyable, intensely personal account of an epic cycling adventure. This is a big man with ambitions to match." PP UK โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†

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"You are an inspiration to the rest of us with hypothyroidism” HT โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†

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"...and at last, a bike touring book that most of us who enjoy travelling by bike can relate to. I've become a little tired of the same old themes of east to west, coast to coast, from here to there while reading how the cyclists live on bean and crumb and everyone else's dime. Love this!" CC USA โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†

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" I hope the book inspires other people to ignore their weight/age/ability issues to enjoy riding their bike. Excellent story from a very brave man." UK โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†

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“Your honesty and sense of humour had me gripped from the first few paragraphs” SH UK โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†

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“Stephen Peel differentiated himself in his style of touring. His journey was not about drawing an unbroken line around the world. It was not about the miles cycled and beating the clock. He chose a unique path letting his daily experiences and body guide him.” TB USA โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†

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"I enjoyed reading about the adventure and was greatly impressed by the sheer determination of the writer but was disappointed by the writing style." JPA USA โ˜†โ˜†

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“This book is so different to any long distance cycling bio I have ever read, no training, plenty beer and pizza and so refreshingly honest.” HD ES โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†

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“It’s not about the cycling, it’s about how to live to the fullest and get the most out of it each day.” AC USA โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†

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"the 350lbs was muscle it seems" PB โ˜†โ˜†

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“From the first page Stephen's flowing narrative, interspersed with his dry humour, had me hooked.” UK โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†

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74,000 words in 14 chapters with 70 full-colour images

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Paperback and perfectly bound.

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228 High-quality pages, with 74,000 words and 70 greyscale images

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Audiobook

Audible Audiobook

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All the content of the written formats is narrated by Aaron Smith, who has a voice very close to my own, and who gets my feelings across nicely.

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I had fun working on the audiobook to ensure it was of the highest standard.

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Cycling Thailand and this was my favourite cheap food: Thai Roti. Solo Bicycle Touring.

Cycling Thailand and this was my favourite cheap food: Thai Roti. Solo Bicycle Touring.

It was this journey that got me into Travel Writing. I hope you will find the advice throughout my videos helpful, and I hope you find your genre, as I did, and start writing. Solo Bicycle Touring through 12 countries over 1 year and 4 months and 7800 actual cycling miles (12550 km). England, France, Spain, Monaco, Italy, Greece, Turkey, India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. In support of Jump Children's Charity which supports children with life-limiting illnesses in the UK. I covered all of my expenses with my savings and had no sponsorship. All donations went directly to Jump Children's Charity. This Video Description: I cycled a couple of thousand miles around Thailand on the KOGA Worldtraveller bike in the video, and the one food I would go to was roti. Nothing at all like the roti in India was is more like bread. A delicious bread too, as I've been a couple of times to India and always go for roti. The recipe, or recipe, as I have misspelt it in the video, is at the end, so pause the video and check it out if you want to make it yourself. Also, you can see how they cook roti in the video, which should help. I would only eat food cooked before me if I could help it on my travels. A lousy tummy on a bicycle adventure would not have been good :) Check out Bicycle Touring for Beginners, a Facebook Group I created to help others who were like me when I first started out: https://www.facebook.com/groups/205431770197417 Support the Channel Through: ๐Ÿ“บ Subscribe to the channel: https://stephenpeel.uk/subscribe โ˜• Treat me to a coffee: https://stephenpeel.uk/coffee ๐Ÿ‘• My Shirts: https://stephenpeel.uk/myshirts ๐Ÿ™ PayPal Donate: thankyou@stephenpeel.co.uk Resources: I'm not affiliated, so click away ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ“˜ Join the Facebook Group: https://stephenpeel.uk/facebookgroup ๐Ÿ’ฐ Amazon Royalties Calculator: https://stephenpeel.uk/royaltiescalculator PDF Joiner: https://stephenpeel.uk/pdfjoiner PDF to Jpeg: https://stephenpeel.uk/pdf2jpg ๐Ÿ•ฎ KDP Cover Size Calculator: https://stephenpeel.uk/coversizecalculator HTML Text Viewer: https://stephenpeel.uk/htmltextviewer HTML Colour Picker: https://stephenpeel.uk/htmlcolourpicker ๐Ÿ˜€ Emojipedia: https://stephenpeel.uk/emojis ๐Ÿ™ Request More Categories: https://stephenpeel.uk/extracategories ๐Ÿ“– Amazon KDP Margin Sizes: https://stephenpeel.uk/bookmarginsizes ๐Ÿค– AI Images at Lexica: https://stephenpeel.uk/lexica _____________________________________ Bicycle Touring, Bike Touring, Bikepacking, Cycling, Cycle Touring, Cycle Tour, Long Distance Cycling, How to Cycle, How to Ride a Bike, Bike, Bicycle, Bike Camping, Wild Camping, Cycling Europe, Cycling India, Cycling England, Cycling France, Cycling Spain, Cycling, Italy, Cycling Greece, Cycling Monaco, Cycling Thailand, Cycling Cambodia, Cycling Vietnam, Adventure Cycling, Cycling, #cyclingthailand, #thailand, #bicycletouring
Last Days In Thailand - Thought I'd lost the footage
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Last Days In Thailand - Thought I'd lost the footage

I looked through some SD Cards the other day and found a video of the last part of my 16-month bicycle adventure. I couldn't believe it. I was destroyed that I thought I had lost the footage. So I've put a little of it together. Support the Channel Through: ๐Ÿ“บ Subscribe to the channel: https://stephenpeel.uk/subscribe โ˜• Treat me to a coffee: https://stephenpeel.uk/coffee ๐Ÿ‘• My Shirts: https://stephenpeel.uk/myshirts ๐Ÿ™ PayPal Donate: thankyou@stephenpeel.co.uk Resources: I'm not affiliated, so click away ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ“˜ Join the Facebook Group: https://stephenpeel.uk/facebookgroup ๐Ÿ’ฐ Amazon Royalties Calculator: https://stephenpeel.uk/royaltiescalculator PDF Joiner: https://stephenpeel.uk/pdfjoiner PDF to Jpeg: https://stephenpeel.uk/pdf2jpg ๐Ÿ•ฎ KDP Cover Size Calculator: https://stephenpeel.uk/coversizecalculator HTML Text Viewer: https://stephenpeel.uk/htmltextviewer HTML Colour Picker: https://stephenpeel.uk/htmlcolourpicker ๐Ÿ˜€ Emojipedia: https://stephenpeel.uk/emojis ๐Ÿ™ Request More Categories: https://stephenpeel.uk/extracategories ๐Ÿ“– Amazon KDP Margin Sizes: https://stephenpeel.uk/bookmarginsizes ๐Ÿค– AI Images at Lexica: https://stephenpeel.uk/lexica _____________________________________ Bicycle Touring, Bike Touring, Bikepacking, Cycling, Cycle Touring, Cycle Tour, Long Distance Cycling, How to Cycle, How to Ride a Bike, Bike, Bicycle, Bike Camping, Wild Camping, Cycling Europe, Cycling India, Cycling England, Cycling France, Cycling Spain, Cycling, Italy, Cycling Greece, Cycling Monaco, Cycling Thailand, Cycling Cambodia, Cycling Vietnam, Adventure Cycling, Cycling, #thailand #cyclingthailand #bicycletouring
Cycling from Ho Chi Minh City (or Saigon) through the Mekong Delta. Solo Bicycle Touring.
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Cycling from Ho Chi Minh City (or Saigon) through the Mekong Delta. Solo Bicycle Touring.

It was this journey that got me into Travel Writing. I hope you will find the advice throughout my videos helpful, and I hope you find your genre, as I did, and start writing. Solo Bicycle Touring through 12 countries over 1 year and 4 months and 7800 actual cycling miles (12550 km). Through England, France, Spain, Monaco, Italy, Greece, Turkey, India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. In support of Jump Children's Charity which supports children with life-limiting illnesses in the UK. I covered all of my expenses with my savings and had no sponsorship. All donations went directly to Jump Children's Charity. This Video Description: This is just a short video of part of my ride from Ho Chi Minh City to the Sea through the Mekong Delta. It took me a few days to reach the sea, and I had many ferry crossings to make. Notice the silence between people, even though it's busy. This is how most of my solo south-east Asia tour was engaged, but nobody was talking, well, not to me anyway. In my upcoming book, I will be going into great detail about where I stayed, what I ate, the weather, the terrible fish-farming practices and much more. Check out Bicycle Touring for Beginners, a Facebook Group I created to help others who were like me when I first started out: https://www.facebook.com/groups/205431770197417 Support the Channel Through: ๐Ÿ“บ Subscribe to the channel: https://stephenpeel.uk/subscribe โ˜• Treat me to a coffee: https://stephenpeel.uk/coffee ๐Ÿ‘• My Shirts: https://stephenpeel.uk/myshirts ๐Ÿ™ PayPal Donate: thankyou@stephenpeel.co.uk Resources: I'm not affiliated, so click away ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ“˜ Join the Facebook Group: https://stephenpeel.uk/facebookgroup ๐Ÿ’ฐ Amazon Royalties Calculator: https://stephenpeel.uk/royaltiescalculator PDF Joiner: https://stephenpeel.uk/pdfjoiner PDF to Jpeg: https://stephenpeel.uk/pdf2jpg ๐Ÿ•ฎ KDP Cover Size Calculator: https://stephenpeel.uk/coversizecalculator HTML Text Viewer: https://stephenpeel.uk/htmltextviewer HTML Colour Picker: https://stephenpeel.uk/htmlcolourpicker ๐Ÿ˜€ Emojipedia: https://stephenpeel.uk/emojis ๐Ÿ™ Request More Categories: https://stephenpeel.uk/extracategories ๐Ÿ“– Amazon KDP Margin Sizes: https://stephenpeel.uk/bookmarginsizes ๐Ÿค– AI Images at Lexica: https://stephenpeel.uk/lexica _____________________________________ Bicycle Touring, Bike Touring, Bikepacking, Cycling, Cycle Touring, Cycle Tour, Long Distance Cycling, How to Cycle, How to Ride a Bike, Bike, Bicycle, Bike Camping, Wild Camping, Cycling Europe, Cycling India, Cycling England, Cycling France, Cycling Spain, Cycling, Italy, Cycling Greece, Cycling Monaco, Cycling Thailand, Cycling Cambodia, Cycling Vietnam, Adventure Cycling, Cycling, #vietnam, #cyclingvietnam, #bicycletouring
Cycling solo in the Thailand rainy season around the Isaan and an incredible bicycle adventure.
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Cycling solo in the Thailand rainy season around the Isaan and an incredible bicycle adventure.

It was this journey that got me into Travel Writing. I hope you will find the advice throughout my videos helpful, and I hope you find your genre, as I did, and start writing. Solo Bicycle Touring through 12 countries over 1 year and 4 months and 7800 actual cycling miles (12550 km). Through England, France, Spain, Monaco, Italy, Greece, Turkey, India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. In support of Jump Children's Charity which supports children with life-limiting illnesses in the UK. I covered all of my expenses with my savings and had no sponsorship. All donations went directly to Jump Children's Charity. This Video Description: Bicycle touring in Thailand is incredible. Incredibly hot, humid, and wet in the rainy season. But stunning and worth the effort to turn the pedals. The background music is traditional music from the Isaan region. The Khorat Plateau (Thai: เธ—เธตเนˆเธฃเธฒเธšเธชเธนเธ‡เน‚เธ„เธฃเธฒเธŠ) is a plateau in northeast Thailand, and it is enormous. It's not relatively flat, but there isn't much in the way of big hills to cycle either. A kind of gentle wavey landscape once you're up on the plateau. My journey was from Bangkok to Laos, then down along the Mekong River on the Thai side to the Cambodian border. I then crossed Cambodia to Vietnam, through the Mekong Delta, and followed the Gulf of Thailand around then across to Krabi. 4000 miles of fascination and smiles. The bike: Koga Worldtraveller with Rohloff Speedhub. Koga/Ortlieb panniers and rack-pack. And anything I could fit in my bags. I cycled across Europe and India, so I had a heavily loaded bike. However, I could have easily had half the gear I had, as places to stay were cheaper than many campsites in Europe, and it was nice to get into some aircon and have a cool shower and get away from the bugs and other critters. Highly recommended, and if you need a few tips, just comment or message me. Check out Bicycle Touring for Beginners, a Facebook Group I created to help others who were like me when I first started out: https://www.facebook.com/groups/205431770197417 Support the Channel Through: ๐Ÿ“บ Subscribe to the channel: https://stephenpeel.uk/subscribe โ˜• Treat me to a coffee: https://stephenpeel.uk/coffee ๐Ÿ‘• My Shirts: https://stephenpeel.uk/myshirts ๐Ÿ™ PayPal Donate: thankyou@stephenpeel.co.uk Resources: I'm not affiliated, so click away ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ“˜ Join the Facebook Group: https://stephenpeel.uk/facebookgroup ๐Ÿ’ฐ Amazon Royalties Calculator: https://stephenpeel.uk/royaltiescalculator PDF Joiner: https://stephenpeel.uk/pdfjoiner PDF to Jpeg: https://stephenpeel.uk/pdf2jpg ๐Ÿ•ฎ KDP Cover Size Calculator: https://stephenpeel.uk/coversizecalculator HTML Text Viewer: https://stephenpeel.uk/htmltextviewer HTML Colour Picker: https://stephenpeel.uk/htmlcolourpicker ๐Ÿ˜€ Emojipedia: https://stephenpeel.uk/emojis ๐Ÿ™ Request More Categories: https://stephenpeel.uk/extracategories ๐Ÿ“– Amazon KDP Margin Sizes: https://stephenpeel.uk/bookmarginsizes ๐Ÿค– AI Images at Lexica: https://stephenpeel.uk/lexica _____________________________________ Bicycle Touring, Bike Touring, Bikepacking, Cycling, Cycle Touring, Cycle Tour, Long Distance Cycling, How to Cycle, How to Ride a Bike, Bike, Bicycle, Bike Camping, Wild Camping, Cycling Europe, Cycling India, Cycling England, Cycling France, Cycling Spain, Cycling, Italy, Cycling Greece, Cycling Monaco, Cycling Thailand, Cycling Cambodia, Cycling Vietnam, Adventure Cycling, Cycling, #isaan, #cyclingthailand, #bicycletouring
Cycling across Mumbai India, before heading down to GOA, then Thailand. Solo Bicycle Touring.
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Cycling across Mumbai India, before heading down to GOA, then Thailand. Solo Bicycle Touring.

It was this journey that got me into Travel Writing. I hope you will find the advice throughout my videos helpful, and I hope you find your genre, as I did, and start writing. Solo Bicycle Touring through 12 countries over 1 year and 4 months and 7800 actual cycling miles (12550 km). Through England, France, Spain, Monaco, Italy, Greece, Turkey, India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. In support of Jump Children's Charity which supports children with life-limiting illnesses in the UK. I covered all of my expenses with my savings and had no sponsorship. All donations went directly to Jump Children's Charity. This Video Description: Mumbai, India, is huge, and cycling through it for 20 km was interesting, to say the least. Not evil, just interesting. Many people say high and wave, and even ask if they can help. It was a great experience that I could easily do again. The bike: Koga Worldtraveller with Rohloff Speedhub. Koga/Ortlieb panniers and rack-pack. And anything I could fit in my bags. I had cycled across Europe before India, so I had a heavily loaded bike. However, I could have easily had half the gear I had, as places to stay were cheaper than many campsites in Europe, and it was nice to get into some aircon and have a cool shower and get away from the bugs and other critters. Highly recommended, and if you need a few tips, just comment or message me. Check out Bicycle Touring for Beginners, a Facebook Group I created to help others who were like me when I first started out: https://www.facebook.com/groups/205431770197417 Support the Channel Through: ๐Ÿ“บ Subscribe to the channel: https://stephenpeel.uk/subscribe โ˜• Treat me to a coffee: https://stephenpeel.uk/coffee ๐Ÿ‘• My Shirts: https://stephenpeel.uk/myshirts ๐Ÿ™ PayPal Donate: thankyou@stephenpeel.co.uk Resources: I'm not affiliated, so click away ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ“˜ Join the Facebook Group: https://stephenpeel.uk/facebookgroup ๐Ÿ’ฐ Amazon Royalties Calculator: https://stephenpeel.uk/royaltiescalculator PDF Joiner: https://stephenpeel.uk/pdfjoiner PDF to Jpeg: https://stephenpeel.uk/pdf2jpg ๐Ÿ•ฎ KDP Cover Size Calculator: https://stephenpeel.uk/coversizecalculator HTML Text Viewer: https://stephenpeel.uk/htmltextviewer HTML Colour Picker: https://stephenpeel.uk/htmlcolourpicker ๐Ÿ˜€ Emojipedia: https://stephenpeel.uk/emojis ๐Ÿ™ Request More Categories: https://stephenpeel.uk/extracategories ๐Ÿ“– Amazon KDP Margin Sizes: https://stephenpeel.uk/bookmarginsizes ๐Ÿค– AI Images at Lexica: https://stephenpeel.uk/lexica _____________________________________ Bicycle Touring, Bike Touring, Bikepacking, Cycling, Cycle Touring, Cycle Tour, Long Distance Cycling, How to Cycle, How to Ride a Bike, Bike, Bicycle, Bike Camping, Wild Camping, Cycling Europe, Cycling India, Cycling England, Cycling France, Cycling Spain, Cycling, Italy, Cycling Greece, Cycling Monaco, Cycling Thailand, Cycling Cambodia, Cycling Vietnam, Adventure Cycling, Cycling, #turkey, #cyclingturkey, #bicycletouring
Bicycle Touring Turkey   Fethiye to Antalya on the D400
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Bicycle Touring Turkey Fethiye to Antalya on the D400

It was this journey that got me into Travel Writing. I hope you will find the advice throughout my videos helpful, and I hope you find your genre, as I did, and start writing. Solo Bicycle Touring through 12 countries over 1 year and 4 months and 7800 actual cycling miles (12550 km). Through England, France, Spain, Monaco, Italy, Greece, Turkey, India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. In support of Jump Children's Charity which supports children with life-limiting illnesses in the UK. I covered all of my expenses with my savings and had no sponsorship. All donations went directly to Jump Children's Charity. This Video Description: I heard good and bad things about Turkey, but there is only ever one way of knowing for sure. It was amazing. I loved it. The people were friendly, the food was great, the hotels were cheap, and the D400 road was one of the best I've cycled on, if not the best. Loads of rolling hills, with some being pretty huge, but the condition of the roads made it all that much nicer. I can't comment anywhere other than the cycle between Fethiye and Antalya, obviously, but if the rest of Turkey is like this, it's indeed an extraordinary place. Check out Bicycle Touring for Beginners, a Facebook Group I created to help others who were like me when I first started out: https://www.facebook.com/groups/205431770197417 Support the Channel Through: ๐Ÿ“บ Subscribe to the channel: https://stephenpeel.uk/subscribe โ˜• Treat me to a coffee: https://stephenpeel.uk/coffee ๐Ÿ‘• My Shirts: https://stephenpeel.uk/myshirts ๐Ÿ™ PayPal Donate: thankyou@stephenpeel.co.uk Resources: I'm not affiliated, so click away ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ“˜ Join the Facebook Group: https://stephenpeel.uk/facebookgroup ๐Ÿ’ฐ Amazon Royalties Calculator: https://stephenpeel.uk/royaltiescalculator PDF Joiner: https://stephenpeel.uk/pdfjoiner PDF to Jpeg: https://stephenpeel.uk/pdf2jpg ๐Ÿ•ฎ KDP Cover Size Calculator: https://stephenpeel.uk/coversizecalculator HTML Text Viewer: https://stephenpeel.uk/htmltextviewer HTML Colour Picker: https://stephenpeel.uk/htmlcolourpicker ๐Ÿ˜€ Emojipedia: https://stephenpeel.uk/emojis ๐Ÿ™ Request More Categories: https://stephenpeel.uk/extracategories ๐Ÿ“– Amazon KDP Margin Sizes: https://stephenpeel.uk/bookmarginsizes ๐Ÿค– AI Images at Lexica: https://stephenpeel.uk/lexica _____________________________________ Bicycle Touring, Bike Touring, Bikepacking, Cycling, Cycle Touring, Cycle Tour, Long Distance Cycling, How to Cycle, How to Ride a Bike, Bike, Bicycle, Bike Camping, Wild Camping, Cycling Europe, Cycling India, Cycling England, Cycling France, Cycling Spain, Cycling, Italy, Cycling Greece, Cycling Monaco, Cycling Thailand, Cycling Cambodia, Cycling Vietnam, Adventure Cycling, Cycling, #turkey, #cyclingturkey, #bicycletouring
Saving a tortoise as it tried to cross major road in Turkey. Solo Bicycle Touring.
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Saving a tortoise as it tried to cross major road in Turkey. Solo Bicycle Touring.

It was this journey that got me into Travel Writing. I hope you will find the advice throughout my videos helpful, and I hope you find your genre, as I did, and start writing. Solo Bicycle Touring through 12 countries over 1 year and 4 months and 7800 actual cycling miles (12550 km). Through England, France, Spain, Monaco, Italy, Greece, Turkey, India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. In support of Jump Children's Charity which supports children with life-limiting illnesses in the UK. I covered all of my expenses with my savings and had no sponsorship. All donations went directly to Jump Children's Charity. This Video Description: Couldn't leave this guy on the road. Cycling up out of Fethiye, Turkey, I came across my first ever wild tortoise. I couldn't believe it, but it needed saving, so I walked it away from the road. Turkey was one of the most incredible countries I had cycled, as I cycled along the coast from Fethiye to Antalya before heading out to India. The people couldn't do enough to help. They were wonderful. Check out Bicycle Touring for Beginners, a Facebook Group I created to help others who were like me when I first started out: https://www.facebook.com/groups/205431770197417 Support the Channel Through: ๐Ÿ“บ Subscribe to the channel: https://stephenpeel.uk/subscribe โ˜• Treat me to a coffee: https://stephenpeel.uk/coffee ๐Ÿ‘• My Shirts: https://stephenpeel.uk/myshirts ๐Ÿ™ PayPal Donate: thankyou@stephenpeel.co.uk Resources: I'm not affiliated, so click away ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ“˜ Join the Facebook Group: https://stephenpeel.uk/facebookgroup ๐Ÿ’ฐ Amazon Royalties Calculator: https://stephenpeel.uk/royaltiescalculator PDF Joiner: https://stephenpeel.uk/pdfjoiner PDF to Jpeg: https://stephenpeel.uk/pdf2jpg ๐Ÿ•ฎ KDP Cover Size Calculator: https://stephenpeel.uk/coversizecalculator HTML Text Viewer: https://stephenpeel.uk/htmltextviewer HTML Colour Picker: https://stephenpeel.uk/htmlcolourpicker ๐Ÿ˜€ Emojipedia: https://stephenpeel.uk/emojis ๐Ÿ™ Request More Categories: https://stephenpeel.uk/extracategories ๐Ÿ“– Amazon KDP Margin Sizes: https://stephenpeel.uk/bookmarginsizes ๐Ÿค– AI Images at Lexica: https://stephenpeel.uk/lexica _____________________________________ Bicycle Touring, Bike Touring, Bikepacking, Cycling, Cycle Touring, Cycle Tour, Long Distance Cycling, How to Cycle, How to Ride a Bike, Bike, Bicycle, Bike Camping, Wild Camping, Cycling Europe, Cycling India, Cycling England, Cycling France, Cycling Spain, Cycling, Italy, Cycling Greece, Cycling Monaco, Cycling Thailand, Cycling Cambodia, Cycling Vietnam, Adventure Cycling, Cycling, #turkey, #solo, #bicycletouring
Cycling Igoumenitsa to Patras in Greece. A cyclists Paradise. Solo Bicycle Touring
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Cycling Igoumenitsa to Patras in Greece. A cyclists Paradise. Solo Bicycle Touring

It was this journey that got me into Travel Writing. I hope you will find the advice throughout my videos helpful, and I hope you find your genre, as I did, and start writing. Solo Bicycle Touring through 12 countries over 1 year and 4 months and 7800 actual cycling miles (12550 km). Through England, France, Spain, Monaco, Italy, Greece, Turkey, India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. In support of Jump Children's Charity which supports children with life-limiting illnesses in the UK. I covered all of my expenses with my savings and had no sponsorship. All donations went directly to Jump Children's Charity. This Video Description: On the eve of my ferry leaving Brindisi, Italy, to Patras, I received a call and was told there was a mix-up and no ferry. As a result, the only ferry available for nearly a week was a ferry to Igoumenitsa. I had never heard of it or even knew where it was, so I had a quick look and agreed. It is a port in North West Greece, and over 300km's from where I was supposed to be, but I thought it had to be better than sitting waiting for days for another ferry to Patras. And what a great move it was too. This was the best 305 km of my whole cycle from the UK. By far. I recommend anyone wanting a nice ride with little in the way of tourism, with excellent roads and beautiful countryside, this is it. Do it just out of season, though :) Check out Bicycle Touring for Beginners, a Facebook Group I created to help others who were like me when I first started out: https://www.facebook.com/groups/205431770197417 Support the Channel Through: ๐Ÿ“บ Subscribe to the channel: https://stephenpeel.uk/subscribe โ˜• Treat me to a coffee: https://stephenpeel.uk/coffee ๐Ÿ‘• My Shirts: https://stephenpeel.uk/myshirts ๐Ÿ™ PayPal Donate: thankyou@stephenpeel.co.uk Resources: I'm not affiliated, so click away ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ“˜ Join the Facebook Group: https://stephenpeel.uk/facebookgroup ๐Ÿ’ฐ Amazon Royalties Calculator: https://stephenpeel.uk/royaltiescalculator PDF Joiner: https://stephenpeel.uk/pdfjoiner PDF to Jpeg: https://stephenpeel.uk/pdf2jpg ๐Ÿ•ฎ KDP Cover Size Calculator: https://stephenpeel.uk/coversizecalculator HTML Text Viewer: https://stephenpeel.uk/htmltextviewer HTML Colour Picker: https://stephenpeel.uk/htmlcolourpicker ๐Ÿ˜€ Emojipedia: https://stephenpeel.uk/emojis ๐Ÿ™ Request More Categories: https://stephenpeel.uk/extracategories ๐Ÿ“– Amazon KDP Margin Sizes: https://stephenpeel.uk/bookmarginsizes ๐Ÿค– AI Images at Lexica: https://stephenpeel.uk/lexica _____________________________________ Bicycle Touring, Bike Touring, Bikepacking, Cycling, Cycle Touring, Cycle Tour, Long Distance Cycling, How to Cycle, How to Ride a Bike, Bike, Bicycle, Bike Camping, Wild Camping, Cycling Europe, Cycling India, Cycling England, Cycling France, Cycling Spain, Cycling, Italy, Cycling Greece, Cycling Monaco, Cycling Thailand, Cycling Cambodia, Cycling Vietnam, Adventure Cycling, Cycling, #igoumenitsa, #greece, #bicycletouring
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Bicycle Touring for Beginners - Facebook Group

While on my first bicycle tour - that lasted 16 incredible months - I struggled to find a great bicycle touring group dedicated to helping beginners like myself, so I setup up Bicycle Touring for Beginners in 2018, with the help of 6 other great friends and moderators.

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