Hard to believe that it’s been a bit more than two years since we returned home on March 23, 2020 from an interrupted trip to Indonesia. Like many travelers, we had been hitching for some time to head back on the road. As Jessica had repeatedly invited us to London to catch-up with her new life development since we last met in the fall 2019, we knew this would be one of our first travel destination after the Covid-19 pandemic faded somewhat and that foreign travel for tourism will be allowed again.

In the early stages of our trip planning to London, we saw an opportunity to combine a bicycle touring adventure with our visit of Jessica.

An overview of our proposed cycling itinerary.

Link to the first post of this trip


  • Farewell to the Loire river

    2022.05.28 – Nevers ==> Decize (37 kms | Total: 1670 kms) We learned the previous evening that we had actually completed the official Loire River bicycle route when we took… Read more


  • A devastating storm back home

    On Saturday, May 21st, a large hail/rain storm, dubbed derecho, blew through the Ottawa/Gatineau region. Thousands of households were left without electricity for hours, many for several days. Our travel… Read more


  • Our introduction to the Loire River

    2022.05.14 – Saint-Nazaire ==> Nantes (71 kms | Total: 1039 kms) During the night, I dreamed of crossing the Saint-Nazaire bridge over a dozen times. Luckily the actual crossing was… Read more


  • Cycling through Brittany

    2022.05.06 – Brittany Ferries ==> Morlaix (32 kms | Total: 656 kms) After showering in our cabin the previous evening, we had hoped for a good night sleep, but unfortunately… Read more


  • Keep Calm and Cycle On

    2022.04.27 – Bristol ==> Glastonbury (62 kms | Total: 351 kms) We left the comfort of our hotel and carefully navigated through the morning rush of pedestrian/cyclist commuters. We shortly… Read more


  • A week of many first …

    2022.04.21 – London ==> Kingston upon Thames (48 kms | Total: 48 kms) Jenny and I were up by 7am and promptly packed our tandem luggage. After a small breakfast,… Read more


  • One week in London

    2022.04.14 – 2022.04.20 – London Flights from Ottawa to Toronto and Toronto to London were full. Except for having to wear masks on-board, the flights were quite enjoyable. After landing… Read more


  • Pandemic, war and trip planning

    Proposed cycling route: We had learned from other touring cyclists the existence of well defined European cycling routes promoted under the EuroVelo(EV) website. After reviewing the dozen or more lengthy… Read more