bicyclenomad » Sarah’s Story: Random Ramblings

This one’s almost a year out of date and I’ve been sitting on the first draft for months, but maybe Scott will like it…. Let’s see… they must be at…. Well 51 by now…. I’m in my te...

https://bicyclenomad.com/2014/07/08/sarah-csr-final-camp-gate-crashers/

The highlight of my own long trip around the state was driving the Gibb River Road with my sister, Rachel. Concerned that I might be lonely or exhausted travelling so much alone with Bryn, she re...

https://bicyclenomad.com/2013/09/24/sarah-in-the-meantime-gibb-river-road/

This trip’s been months, no years in the planning yet even so there’s a flurry of last minute preparations and mad late night bouts of wheel building and packing. Funny to think that at one p...

https://bicyclenomad.com/2013/07/22/sarah-seeing-the-boys-off/

“Do you have children?” All the way down the Americas the question comes, about three minutes into any conversation, in large cities or small villages, from young or old, male or female. It�...

https://bicyclenomad.com/2013/03/24/sarah-tiene-hijos/

A two-week Middle Eastern bike tour, born not from dreaming or desire but as an accident of timing: a course, voluntary unemployment and dates for cheap flights collide and challenge me to live m...

https://bicyclenomad.com/2012/12/14/sarah-jordan-impressions-part-2-reluctant-cycle-tourist/

“Permaculture? I thought this was a biking blog!” I hear you say. Well, in my mind at any rate, there are some pretty strong links between the two.  I guess you could say cycling is the ulti...

https://bicyclenomad.com/2012/12/12/sarah-jordan-impressions-permaculture-in-the-dead-sea-valley/

In case anyone’s wondering what the heck I was doing swimming in a Scottish river in the middle of October, here’s a little more about my ride. Over the past six days I’ve been mountain bik...

https://bicyclenomad.com/2012/10/18/sarah-cycling-across-scotland/

The water’s fast and furious but it never even crosses my mind to turn back. It’s not that I decide it’s too far: it just never occurs to me. As anyone who’s followed our Americas journey...

https://bicyclenomad.com/2012/10/13/sarah-do-not-try-this-at-home/

Ever since Tom and I lived in Edinburgh we’ve owned a pocket-sized mountain bike guide book of wild trails around Scotland that is a useful source of inspiration. High on our “things to do”...

https://bicyclenomad.com/2012/10/13/sarah-mount-keen-not-by-the-fungal-road/

Having finished my 3 month work contract, I’m off again, just for a relatively short one this time…. I’ll be home in 11 weeks. South of England. I arrive a few days ahead of Tom, giving mys...

https://bicyclenomad.com/2012/09/28/sarah-englands-green-and-pleasant-lands/