Archive For February, 2020

I’ve now been in Florida for five days and still haven’t turned a wheel on the Southern Tier, but the great news is that Terry has arrived! After an emotional reunion at Orlando I drove Terry and his bike back to St Augustine where we decided he needed at least a couple of days rest…

Cycling around the historic streets of St Augustine you could be forgiven for thinking you were in Spain rather than the United States. Founded in 1565 by the Spanish Admiral Pedro Menendez de Aviles and situated on the east coast of the Florida peninsula just forty miles south of Jacksonville, the city is the oldest…

Five years after completing the TransAmerica ride across the US Terry and I are back – this time to tackle the Adventure Cycling Association’s Southern Tier which runs from St Augustine in Florida to San Diego in California. It’s a little shorter than the TransAm – 3041.9 miles compared to 4211.5 and takes in Florida,…