No Fence Farming in Romania (May23)
We cycled for over 100 miles and didn’t go through a gate. The Transylvanian landscape was without fences, hedges, or ditches. Travelling by train across Europe to get to Romania the lack of fences signalled an entirely different type of farming. In this case, there were huge ploughed fields or monoculture crops stretching into […]
I love electric bikes (Jun19)
Sailing through the countryside. Exploring hidden routes. Getting some much needed exercise… It’s wonderful. The strange thing is that when I say that I’ve taken up electric bikes, one of the most common reactions is for people to say that ‘it’s cheating’. It’s as if I was doing something ‘synthetic’ rather than ‘natural’ – […]
E bikes are brilliant (Sept11)
We’ve had great fun with our E-bikes. I’ve been lent a couple for the Summer holidays from Just E Bikes. One’s a mountain bike – Haibike – which my teenage boys like the best. And the other is a Koga, which I prefer because it’s more comfortable, although not quite as powerful. The bikes […]