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Week Two: A Complete Washout

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Week Two: A Complete Washout

Week two was tough. It pretty much rained the whole time. Mix that with ‘0°C but feels like -4°C’ kind of temperatures, plus snow, and you've got a struggle on your hands.

We were definitely led under false pretences after the first week of suncream and t-shirt weather, so we were very unprepared...

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Planning, Budgeting and Buying

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Planning, Budgeting and Buying

Committing to a trip like this was easy. We didn’t need much convincing to quit our jobs, sell all of our stuff, and leave our secure lives in London. Planning a trip like this, on the other hand, was something neither of us had any real experience in doing...

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The First Post

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The First Post

I never thought I’d see Dan in a Middlesbrough shirt and I never thought we’d cycle to New Zealand. Yet Dan now owns one and we’re cycling to New Zealand next week. Next week. I still can't believe either.

Over the last couple of years, this trip has evolved from a simple, short backpacking adventure into an all-out, guns blazing 12- to 18-month cycle to the other side of the world. I’m still not quite sure how that happened, if I’m honest...