Date Route Distance(km)Total Distance  (km)

 Ave Speed

km/h

 Weather, incidents and other events
 27/07/07 Anchorage Coastal Trail 39.9 39.914.7 cloudy/sunny  one moose
 28/07/07 Anchorage-Girdwood 66.3 106.2 15.3 
 29/07/07 Girdwood - Valdez via Whittier 38.8 145 16.4 hitched lift thru Whittier tunnel, 6-hour ferry Whittier to Valdez
 01/08/07 Valdez - Tiekel River 100 245 15.9 Thompson Pass @ 816m
 02/08/07 Tiekel River - Copper Center 74 319 16.6 
 03/08/07 Copper Center - Gakona Lodge 59 378 15.8 Laundry stop in Glennallen
 04/08/07 Gakona Lodge - Grizzly Lake Campground 82 460 15.5Wet & Drizzly AM  Cloudy PM
 05/08/07 Grizzly Lake Campground - Mentasta Lodge 42 502 14.7 Wet
 06/08/07 Mentasta Lodge - Tok 75 577 16.2 Cloudy/V Wet AM   Sunny/Windy PM
 08/08/07 Tok - Burwash Landing, CANADABus

 Perfect weather!
 09/08/07CANADA
Burwash Landing - Haines Junction		123 700  16.1Cloudy/Drizzly/Sunny/Raining
Lift in Pick up thru roadworks
Pedal Problems, Flat tyre, 2 summits
11/08/07Haines Junction - Million Dollar Falls

 91

79115.3

 Sunny/Hot/Raining/Cold

12/08/07 Million Dollar Falls - Haines Alaska USA  155  946  16.9  Hot/Sunny 2 summits, amazing scenery, animals, very very long day
 14/08/07 Haines - JuneauFerry   impossible by bike
 16-18/08/07 Juneau - Prince Rupert CANADAFerry   impossible by bike
 19/08/07 Prince Rupert - Prince GeorgeTrain   would have taken 1 week on bike!
 20/08/07 Prince George - JasperTrain   and another week!
 22/08/07Jasper - Beauty Creek
 89
1093
13.7
Sunny/Cloudy/hilly
 23/08/07Beauty Creek - Waterfowl Lakes
 891182
14.4
Sunny/Cloudy/ very very mountainous
 24/08/07Waterfowl Lakes -  Lake Louise
 63
1245
15
 Mainly sunny - lotsa downhill!
 25/08/07Lake Louise Village - Lake - Castle Mountain
 42
1287
13.1
Cloudy/Sunny - saw a coyote
 26/08/07 Castle Mountain - Radium Hot Springs
 108
1395
16.1
Raining (lots)/cloudy/sunny - two passes to go over
 27/08/07Radium  - Fairmont Hot Springs
52
1447
14.6
Sunny and warm with a sudden pelting of  sleet!
 28/08/07Fairmont - Kimberley
100
 1547 16.3Nearly our fastest day
 29/08/07 Kimberley - Cranbook - Creston 80 1627 17.1 Sunny/hot Hitched Cranbook - Yahk
 30/08/07 Creston - Crawford Bay 78 1705 15.6 sunny and very windy/hilly
 31/08/07 Crawford Bay - Nelson via Ainsworth Hot Springs 70 1775 14.6 sunny/raining/cloudy - v hilly to hot springs
 02/09/07 Nelson - Castlegar 46 1821 15.3 
 03/09/07

Castlegar - Cristina Lake

 77 1898 13.5 big climb to summit
 04/09/07 Cristina Lake - Midway 79 1977 13 big climb to summit
 05/09/07 Midway - Oliver 93 2070 15.1 big climb to summit
 07/09/07 Oliver - Keremeos
  572127
12.4
mostly up
 08/09/07Keremeos - Princeton
 66
 2193 13.8 flat/rolling - nasty headwind
 09/09/07Princeton - Mission
102
2295
19.7
hitched Princeton - Cascade Lookout, Manning Park and Hope - Deroche
 10/09/07 Mission - North Vancouver
 18 2313 8.8 West Coast Express: Mission - Waterfront
Seabus: downtown - North Van
all uphill North Van
 14/09/07 North Van - Roberts Creek, Sunshine Coast 45 2358 13.2 Ferry Horseshoe Bay - Gibsons
 15/09/07 Roberts Creek - Ruby Lake 60.5 2418.5 14.9 very hilly - cloudy/sunny
 16/09/07 Ruby Lake - Powell River 40.5 2459 14 very wet/hilly
 17/09/07 Powell River - Courtenay, Vancouver Island 13 2472 12.9

 Ferry Powell River - Comox

sunny

 19/09/07 Courtenay - Qualicum Beach 67 2539 17.6Lovely flat coastal road/sunny
 20/09/07 Qualicum Beach - Ladysmith 72.5 2614.5 16.4 Horrible freeway/overcast
 21/09/07 Ladysmith - Sidney via Salt Spring Island 52.5 2667 14

 Ferry: Crofton - Vesuvius Bay

Ferry: Fulford Bay - Swartz Bay, Saanitch Peninsula

 22/09/07 Sidney -  Victoria via The Butchart Gardens 34 2701 14.6 Sunny/overcast, lovely cycle paths: Lochside Trail, Interurban Trail, Galloping Goose Trail
 23/09/07 Victoria, Vancouver Island, CANADA - Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, USA 37 2738 15.1

 Sunny, flat Lochside Trail

Ferry: Sidney - Friday Harbor

 25/09/07 Friday Harbor - Coupeville, Whidbey Island 59 2797 14.5

Ferry: Friday Harbor - Anacortes, Fidalgo Island

Foggy/Overcast

 26/09/07 Coupeville - Mukilteo, mainland 55 2852 14.2

Ferry: Friday Harbor - Anacortes, Fidalgo Island 

Foggy/sunny   hilly

 27/09/07Mukilteo - Woodinville  48 2900 14.2Interurban Trail
Sammamish River Trail
Overcast
 28/09/07 Woodinville - Downtown Seattle
 49 2949 15.3Sammamish River Trail
Burke - Gilman Trail
 Cloudy/Raining
 30/09/07Seattle, WASHINGTON - Portland, OREGON
 Amtrak   very very very wet
 03/10/07 Portland - McMinnville 70 301915
 drenched 3 times
 04/10/07McMinnville - Depoe Bay
106
3125
 17very wet with some sun
05/10/07
Depoe Bay - Florence
106
3231
15.7
sunny and beautiful
 06/10/07Florence - Reedsport
38
3269
14.3
cloudy, cold and wet
 07/10/07Reedsport - Bandon via Charleston
91
3360
14.1
drizzly, cloudy and foggy
08/10/07
Bandon - Gold Beach
96
3456
14.5
cloudy am/partly sunny pm - very beautiful coastline from Port Orford
 10/10/07Gold Beach, OREGON - Crescent City, CALIFORNIA
 923548
15.3
fog, mist, cloud drizzle in Oregon, Sunny in California
 11/10/07Crescent City - Orick
66
3614
13.8
hills and drizzle, amazing MASSIVE redwood forest
12/10/07
Orick - Arcata
63
3677
15.7
St Patricks Point and Clam Beach - finally sunny
 14/10/07Arcata - Redcrest via Eureka and Scotia
83
3760
17.2
Avenue of the Giants,
foggy & sunny
 15/10/07Redcrest - Confusion Hill (near Leggett)
81
3841
15
Ave of the Giants
pouring rain am, dry & hilly pm
16/10/07
Confusion Hill - Fort Bragg
82
3923
14.3
pouring rain, drizzle and fog
biggest hill on California coastal route and more tough hills, big and small, sunny pm
 17/10/07 Fort Bragg - Mendocino 23 3946 12.8 sunny, shortest day so far!
 18/10/07Mendocino - Point Arena
60
4006
12
miserable drizzle and nasty headwind all day
19/10/07
Point Arena - Salt Point Lodge
57
4063
13.7
even wetter - totally drenched with no break from the rain
20/10/07
Salt Point Lodge - Petaluma via Bodega Bay
89
4152
16
beautiful and sunny
 21/10/07Petaluma - Novato
37
4189
14.9
hot and sunny
22/10/07
Novato - San Francisco
56
4245
13.5
cycled over Golden Gate Bridge!
 26/10/07San Francisco - Santa Cruz
72
4317
15.8
Train: San Francisco - San Antonio, Lift in pick up: half way up hill and Summit Road to top!
 27/10/07Santa Cruz - Monterey
82
 439916.6
Sea lions, lovely weather, late start
28/10/07
Monterey Tour: 17 Mile Drive & Pebble Beach
33
4432
16.2
Checked out all the swanky houses and 'The Lodge' with Myriam - perfect weather
 30/10/07Monterey - Lime Kiln Campground (Big Sur - Lucia)
94
4526
15.7
amazing weather & scenery, very very hilly
31/10/07
Lime Kiln Campground - San Simeon
68
4594
15.5
more excellent scenery - very hilly am, flat pm, excellent tailwind, elephant seals
01/11/07
San Simeon - San Luis Obispo
73
4667
17.1
bright sunshine and heavy fog, tailwind
02/11/07
San Luis Obispo  - Santa Maria
65
4732
15.4
very hot sunshine and cold fog, headwind am
 03/11/07Santa Maria - Lake Cachuma via Foxen Canyon Road and Santa Ynes
78
4810
15.9
very very hot, one big hill
wineries
04/11/07
 Lake Cachuma Campground - Santa Barbara
40
4850
14.7
biggest hill on California coast, sunny
 06/11/07Santa Barbara - SB Airport  - Topanga
17
4867
14.7
 To SB Airport on bikes, then to Topanga by car
 07/11/07Topanga - Hollywood Blvd
Car
  Smog
08/11/07
Hollywood Blvd - Mount Washington
Car
  Smog
 10/11/07
Mount Washington - Long Beach
Car
  sunny
11/11/07
Long Beach - Laguna Beach
54
4921
15.9
cloudy - rescued up steep hill
12/12/07
Laguna Beach - Carlsbad
70
4991
16.7
sunny, tailwinds
 13/12/07Carlsbad - La Jolla
40
5031
15.3
a very sunny warm day for our 5000th kilometre!
 15/11/07La Jolla - Downtown San Diego
37
5068
14.7
sunny, foggy in SD
 19-20/11/07San Diego, CA, USA - San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, MEXICO
42
5110
14.1
Bus: Tijuana - San Ignacio
 21/11/07San Ignacio - Santa Rosalia
77
5187
15.2
No shoulder, little traffic, lotsa desert/cacti/volcanos, tough hills, tougher descents, stray dogs...
 23/11/07Santa Rosalia - Mulege
65
5252
14.9
hot and sunny
24/11/07
Mulege - Playa La Requeson
45
5297
15.9
short, amazing beaches, especially the one we camped on
25/11/07
Playa La Requeson - Loreto
96
5393
16.2
desert, cacti, desert, cacti, bit of sea, very very hot and sunny
 27/11/07Loreto - La Paz
Bus
   
 29/11/07La Paz - Todos Santos
88
5481
19.6
Very flat, fastest day yet
30/11/07
Todos Santos - Los Cabos de San Lucas (end of Baja Peninsula)
80
5561
14.5
Worst cycling day of trip: rain, hills, bad traffic, little/no shoulder, blind idiotic drivers and muddy roadworks
 07/12/07La Paz (Baja)
Bus
   
 11/12/07 La Paz - Topolobampo
 21 + ferry
 5582 14.3 6hr ferry ride to Mexico mainland (West Coast), violent films everywhere
 12/12/07Topolobampo - Los Mochis
31
5613
13.1
strong headwind, dogs too sick to chase us
 13/12/07Los Mochis - Creel (Copper Canyon)
Train
 
 Spectacular 10-hour train ride through canyons and mountains
 15/12/07Creel - Los Mochis
Train
   And again, this time 11 hours
 16/12/07Los Mochis - Mazatlan
Bus
   More violent films
 17/12/07 Mazatlan Bikeride 26 5639 12 
18/12/07  Mazatlan - Tepic Bus   stopped for drug search by army (dog)!
 19/12/07 Tepic - Las Varas 94 5783 15.7 Hot, mountainous ride through jungle, excellent descents
 20/12/07Las Varas - Puerto Vallarta
13
5796
11.5
2 hour bus ride from Las Varas to Bus Station P. Vallarta
 28/12/07Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - Phoenix, AZ 105806 16.1Flight: Puerto Vallarta - Phoenix
29/12/07
 Phoenix - Sedona
 Car   Freezing
 02/01/08Sedona - Kayenta AZ via Grand Canyon
Car
   Very cold
 03/01/08Kayenta AZ - Springdale, Utah via Monument Valley
Car
   Very cold
 04/01/08Springdale - Las Vega$, Nevada
 Car   Warmer
 06/01/08Las Vega$$$ - Prescott, Az
Car
   Wet
 07/01/08 Prescott - Phoenix
 Car   
 09/01/08 Phoenix - London
 Plane   
      
 07/02/08London - New York City
Plane
   Blisteringly cold
11/02/08
NYC - Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Plane
   Blisteringly hot, and quite humid
 19/02/08 Bosque de Bohemia, Delta de Parana (North of BA) Train & Boat   Hot
 20/02/08 Tigre Boat   
 22/02/08 Colonia de Sacramento, URUGUAY Boat   Rain
 24/02/08 Buenos Aires, ARG Boat   
 25/02/08 El Calafate, Patagonia, ARG Plane   Sunny
 28/02/08 El Chaltén, Patagonia Bus   Raining, cloudy, sunny, hot, windy
 04/03/08Puerto Natales, Patagonia, CHILE Bus   Sunny, cloudy, raining, very windy
 08/03/08Puerto Montt
Plane
   
 09/03/08Castro, Chiloè
Bus/Ferry
   
 11/03/08Anchao, Quinchao
Local Bus/Ferry
   
 12/03/08Puerto Varas (Mainland)
Bus/Ferry   
 14/03/08 San Carlos de Bariloche Bus   
 17/03/08 Junín de los Andes Car   
 18/03/08 San Martin de los Andes Car   
 20/03/08 Villa La Angostura Car   
 22/03/08 Cholila Car   
 23/03/08 San Carlos de Bariloche Car   
 24/03/08 Villarica Bus   
 25/03/08 Panguipulli Paul - Bike, Naomi - Bus 55km  
 26/03/08 Coñaripe Paul - Bike, Naomi - Bus 95km  Tough stuff
 27/03/08 Villarica Paul - Bike, Naomi - Bus 50km  
 27-28/03/08 Santiago
Overnight bus
   
 30/03/08Valparaiso
 Bus   
 31/03/08Santiago
 Bus   
 02/04/08 Arica Plane   
 03/04/08 Arequipa via Tacna PERU Train/Bus   
 04/04/08 Cuzco Overnight Bus   
 08/04/08 Inca Trail    
 11/04/08 Machu Picchu - Cuzco Walking/Train   
 14/04/08 Ollantaytambo Bus   
 15/04/08 Pisaq - Cuzco Bus   
 16/04/08 Puno, Lake Titicaca Bus   
 17/04/08 Copacabana BOLIVIA Bus   
 19/04/08 La Paz Bus   
 22/04/08 Potosí    
 23/04/08 Villazón Overnight Bus    Hellish
 24/04/08 Tilcara ARGENTINA    
 26/04/08 Salta Bus   
 28/04/08 Tucumán Bus   
 29-30/04/08 Iguazú Overnight Bus   22 hours
 02/05/08 Buenos Aires Plane   
 06/05/08New York
Plane
   
10/05/08
London
Plane
   
 BACK ON BIKES!!!
    
 27/05/08St Malo - Quedillac, BRITTANY, FRANCE
63
63
12.9
foggy am, sunny
28/05/08
Quedillac - Josselin
59
122
14.5
sunny
29/05/08
Josselin - Redon
66
188
14.7
Nantes - Brest Canal
wet pm
30/05/08
Redon - Nantes
85
273
16.3
More canal, even wetter pm
 01/06/08Nantes - Les Sables d'Olonne
- La Tranche-sur-Mer
Train

51
324
14.8
Train (bad weather): Nantes - Les Sables d'Olonne
Coastal Route
02/06/08
La Tranche-sur-Mer - La Rochelle
67
391
14.4
Marsh, extreme headwind
03/06/08
La Rochelle - Rochefort via Ile de Re
 89480
15
Wind behind us most of the way
04/06/08
Rochefort  - Soulac-sur-Mer
84
564
15
Ferry Royan - Verdon (Medoc Peninsula)
 05/06/08 Soulac-sur-Mer - Bordeaux
64628
16.1
Train: Pauillac - Bordeaux
 07/06/08Bordeaux - Marmande
90
718
17.8
Flying on the flat with the wind behind us
08/06/09
Marmande - Condom
79
797
16
Flat canal, then the hills start, Grey, rain at the end
09/06/08
Condom - Auch
Auch - Bayonne
43
Train
840
17.8
 Fast for hilly ride, lots of SNCF nightmares
11/06/08Bayonne - Arneguy (border of France and Spain)
67
907
14.3
Cycling into the mountains
Completely drenched in rainstorm
12/06/08
Arneguy - Pamplona SPAIN
67
974
12.8
Cycling over the mountains
 13/06/08Pamplona - Estella
49
1023
11.5
Made mistake going off road, lots of uphill
14/06/08
Estella -  Logroño49
1072
14
sunny: free wine tap at Irache monastery!
 15/06/08Logroño - Santo Domingo de la Calzada
52
1124
11.4
mostly offroad on the camino, rolling hills and dales
16/06/08
Santo Domingo - Burgos
74
1198
12.2
Tough mountainous day, topped off with sitting in massive thunderstorm at the top of last hill, dragging bikes over rocky camino and through treacle mud. Top 3 worst ever
 18/06/08Burgos - Carrion de los Condes
 87 1285 15.6 
 19/06/08Carrion de los Condes - Leon
 38 1323 16.4 
 20/06/08 Leon - Ponferrada
 49 1372 16 
 21/06/08 Ponferrada - Sarria
 57 142914.4
 
22/06/08
 Sarria - Palas de Rei 53 1482 14.2 
 23/06/08 Palas de Rei - Santiago de Compostela
 70 1552 17.2 
25/06/08
 Santiago - Madrid
 car   
26/06/08 Madrid - Seville
 bus