One graduate, a bike, over 1800km and the aim to raise sufficient funds to distribute 500 mosquito nets. Here you will find useful information about my planned route, the Against Malaria Foundation and how you can get involved. Keep an eye out for future posts about the trip’s progress!
The final push into Gothenberg was so tough that I discovered that many more parts of me can hurt at once than I previously thought. I was angry and exhausted with still 50km to go and dead by the end. I finally numbed myself into a state of resignation in which nothing seemed to matter … More Week 4: Journey’s End (Gothenberg-Oslo)
And they call this summer. More of a green winter, as my last Danish host said when she brought me coffee and some grapes and peanuts. It’s the kind of thing that makes you wonder what on Earth do they have to look forward to when they’re sitting in a cabin in February at -20C … More Week 3: Companionship and wilderness (Aarhus-Gothenburg)
The first couple of hours of pedalling on Monday progressively brought back the pains and discomforts that I´d been gathering during the first week. The saddle sores, the cram in the muscles above my right knee, the short and acute pangs of pain to my left shoulder blade. But it was uncanny how hitting the … More Week 2: The Kindness of Strangers (Buxtehude-Aarhus)
