Lockdown dreaming PT 1.

by Russell Jones

Howdy folks.  Hope you are surviving in these continued testing times.  Good news is that spring and summer are on the way and I am sitting here dreaming of getting out even more on two wheels.   It looks like racing this year in what ever form will continue to be sporadic but maybe that's not so bad.  It means more time for just exploring, bike packing and even old fashion cycle-touring and this could be done solo or in pairs thus making it a pretty good socially distanced option. 

I have been looking at potential trips, super cool new trails opening up and too many YouTube videos of amazing bicycle adventures. So here is a list of  bits and pieces  I have been checking out.    No solid plans yet  but already looking at light weight tents , sleeping mats and frame bags.....

See you cycling into the sunset somewhere . Russ Jones

Into the Rift : The Story of the PEdALED Atlas Mountain Race   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5k5ayE9iqU

Kind Alfreds Way. 300KM marked  gravel loop and very close  to London. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKWuRIcP3J0  https://www.cyclinguk.org/king-alfreds-way

Wild Horses, The PEdALED Silk Road Mountain Race documentary    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2IlcSXu6Rk
540 MILES || A Colorado Trail Bikepacking Documentary   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYYmEq2il0g
Mountain Biking The untold British story HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6zbENQcwkk

Accomplice:
Traverse the globe with the world's top riders as they pedal through rugged terrain and majestic locations in this visual homage to the bicycle.
Starring:Kurt Sorge,Tom Van Steenbergen,Cameron Zink

https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81354556?trkid=13747225&s=i&t=wha

Blood Red In this award-winning film, Rebecca Rusch cycles thousands kilometres along the Ho Chi Minh Trail through the jungles of Vietnam. The goal is to reach the site where her father, a US Air Force pilot, was shot down in Laos more than 40 years earlier.  https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/films/blood-road

Empire State Trail - NY to Buffalo to Canada . 750 miles
A bivvy, a phone and a drone: cycling home from China.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmdxs_0yYwc
Africa by Kayak: 2000km around the southern tip of Africa  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWnNjn1pki4
The East Coast Greenway USA: Connects 15 states and 450 cities and towns for 3,000 miles from Maine to Florida. We are fostering a safe walking and biking route through the country’s most populated corridor
Mt.Kilimanjaro & Mt. Kenya on MTB with Hans Rey, Danny MacAskill and Gerhard Czerner  
TransNapoli Urban MTB Adventure with Hans Rey   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP5RxrCorC8
Bike Packing Weekend - Wales
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d2fxMBGI7M   
Ireland to London to Moscow .  Via Holland, Germany, Poland and Belarus.  Apparently signed all the way on the cycle route Euro Velo 2 and it comes literally past the end of our street
London to Paris off-road
From Alaska to South America by bike
Blood Red. In this award-winning film, Rebecca Rusch cycles thousands kilometres along the Ho Chi Minh Trail through the jungles of Vietnam. The goal is to reach the site where her father, a US Air Force pilot, was shot down in Laos more than 40 years earlier.
Bikepacking.com .  Its all going here at bike packing.com 
Sail to U.S. If you are thinking of visiting the US.   I looked up how to get there  by  boat and it's really doable.   More information here https://www.wikihow.com/Travel-from-UK-to-the-US-by-Boat

 

 

 

 

 

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