snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
Alone on cycle tours but not lonely, I hope
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Quick question - Who tours alone?
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Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
I've done two longish tours: six weeks with a mate from southern Sweden to Gibraltar, and six weeks alone from Sydney to Adelaide.
I prefer to tour alone, but if a good touring partner wanted to tag along, I'd have no problems, once we'd sorted out the necessary details, of course.
IF there was any difference of opinion or ill-feeling, then I'd go alone.
I prefer to tour alone, but if a good touring partner wanted to tag along, I'd have no problems, once we'd sorted out the necessary details, of course.
IF there was any difference of opinion or ill-feeling, then I'd go alone.
- Location
- The TerrorVortex
My usual touring buddy lives elsewhere now, so my last few tours have been solo. It's OK, and has some advantages, but spending 10 days in France on your tod can get a bit lonely. My French came along well though!
I've mainly toured with a partner apart from a couple of very short trips of a couple of days. Alone in England is easier if you're gregarious because of pubs and the language, although I speak passable bit of French and Italian.
I've been to many a municipal campsite in France where we have been almost the only campers (and sometimes were the only ones). In a small provincial French town where the bars shut at 8pm they can quickly become ghost towns.
I'd be interested and willing to try a longer foreign tour to check out whether I could survive without talking to a companion but current circumstances rule that out.
Like @summerdays , I like to share views, jokes, comments, meals and you're on the road a lot of the day.
I've been to many a municipal campsite in France where we have been almost the only campers (and sometimes were the only ones). In a small provincial French town where the bars shut at 8pm they can quickly become ghost towns.
I'd be interested and willing to try a longer foreign tour to check out whether I could survive without talking to a companion but current circumstances rule that out.
Like @summerdays , I like to share views, jokes, comments, meals and you're on the road a lot of the day.
ThompsonCrowley
Active Member
- Location
- Barcelona
Not at all. I've done loads of travelling alone and I completely agree with the statements you made. You do have a completely different experience from that of travelling with a group or companion, not that that doesn't have it's plus points too. But by yourself you get to take in the scenery more, be at one with nature, ponder on life, so that when you do finally socialise you're much better company and have many more interesting things to say.
Keep it up!
Keep it up!
ThompsonCrowley
Active Member
- Location
- Barcelona
Ps. I had a read of your blog. Great stuff, I really like what you're doing there, there's so many bikes that have so much life left in them yet, they just need a tweak or two.
I wrote a book about cycling around Northern England on an old bike I found lying in a ditch you might enjoy. Check it out here: http://www.lunchmusic.co.uk/Buy the Book/
All the best mate,
Tom
I wrote a book about cycling around Northern England on an old bike I found lying in a ditch you might enjoy. Check it out here: http://www.lunchmusic.co.uk/Buy the Book/
All the best mate,
Tom
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
I agree, I did find it a bit different to the other Euro countries I've toured in
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- Location
- Glasgow
I do most stuff alone no problem, I'm not helpless or shy.
But cycle touring in an area I've never been would scare me, fear of getting hopelessly lost or injured in a remote area.
My limit for cycling alone is under 100 miles radius from home in reasonably populated areas.
But cycle touring in an area I've never been would scare me, fear of getting hopelessly lost or injured in a remote area.
My limit for cycling alone is under 100 miles radius from home in reasonably populated areas.
It is different
My wife and I toured extensively, but she likes her luxuries and plans each day. She needs to know where we are staying, what we are doing for Supper and a host of other details
Me, I will happily take a detour, find a local place to stay and if not cycle a few more miles to find somewhere
For that basic reason we toured together and I toured on my own
Both are brilliant and both are to be reccomended
My wife and I toured extensively, but she likes her luxuries and plans each day. She needs to know where we are staying, what we are doing for Supper and a host of other details
Me, I will happily take a detour, find a local place to stay and if not cycle a few more miles to find somewhere
For that basic reason we toured together and I toured on my own
Both are brilliant and both are to be reccomended
I always thought that the force was in itself an anti-midge precaution.
All that time in jungles and Swamps with no one being bitten would suggest so
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Is that 'midge' as in Midge Ure?
I would rather be bitten a thousand times ......
I say things like this to myself while touring.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
But it's harder to steal a bit of cake from someone who isn't there
