The advantages of a bivvy sleep system – low weight, low volume and quick to set up – make them a clear favourite of ultra-distance bike racers, although if you’re […]
Author: Huw Oliver
Bikerafting Loch Maree – A Photo Journal
Our friend Andy Toop was the one that introduced Annie and I to the idea of bikepacking, with soft bags as opposed to racks and panniers, a few years ago […]
Simplicity: Hike-ling in Nepal Part Two
If you missed part one of Huw’s report, catch up here. Setting up our tarp on a fallow rice paddy one night, Rachael heads off to ask for water at the […]
Simplicity: Hike-ling in Nepal Part One
There is one sound, above all others, that terrifies me. It’s a screeching, tortured wail, followed by the kind of silence that is much, much worse. It’s the sound of […]
Bikepacking Iceland: Crossing the Kjölur in Winter
Kjolur – One of the historic mountain roads crossing the Icelandic Highlands, mentioned in the Sagas. It crosses from Gullfoss in the south, between LangJökull and Höfsjökull glaciers, to Blöndudalur […]
Trials and Tribulations: Bikepacking Patagonia – Part 2
If you missed part one of the bikepacking Patagonia story, check it out here. I said that this was a story about unexpected difficulties, and we surely had our fair […]