31 May 2026 | cycling, travel, universe
After a less than restful night, du to an all night rave in the abandoned house across the river, I start off a bit groggy along the French-Swiss border, probably crossing and leaving Switzerland more often than I have before on my life. The weather is fine and the...
30 May 2026 | cycling, travel, universe
On a beautiful and hot summer afternoon I start out towards the Jura mountain range at the border of France and Switzerland. I hide from the heat in the trees among the familiar alsacian canals before I venture into the hills of the Sauvergne, picking up a few nice...
20 Jun 2025 | cycling, travel, universe
I start out early from Lugano and after one short hill, I ride down into valley just before Bellinzona and start following the Ticino river. I follow the river upstream into the Valle Leventina, which I already know from hiking and bouldering, but I’m pleasantly...
19 Jun 2025 | cycling, travel, universe
I ride along the Adda river today, basically from where I start just after Cremona to Merate, at the edge of the northern Italian lakes. This is a real river, with blue, clean water, and enough of it to swim. The roads and paths are very mixed again today. A very few...
18 Jun 2025 | cycling, travel, universe
The morning kind of drags on. Even though the flat plains make rising relatively easy, the cycle paths I follow are a broad mix of gravel, trails, grass and small roads that make riding tedious. Combined with the overall stink of the canals, overfertilised fields and...
17 Jun 2025 | cycling, travel, universe
The night was windy and so is the morning. As I wake up, the clear sky slowly gets covered by clouds and rain can be seen on the horizon in the direction that I’m going in. I set off to see how far I can come before the rain front hits me and indeed, the first...
