- “If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you” -Bruce Lee
-
Recent Posts
- Strange bike designs and the experience of cycling
- David Bryne – the Bicycle Diaries, Cycle touring as a narrative and a way to understand the ‘real world’
- The Collective – Roam – Six million ways to live, choose one.
- 21 Observations about Mongolia – tips for the Mongolia traveller
- Seth Godin on the Tribes we lead
Photos from Flickr
Popular Posts
Photo Prints for sale
Pages
- About
- Adventures with bikes
- Bike Maintenance
- Gear
- Brooks England Champion Flyer Leather Touring ATB Bicycle Saddle
- Carradice Super C Bicycle Touring Panniers
- Chris King Mountain Bike NoThreadset Headset
- Extrawheel Single Wheel Trailer
- Kona Caldera Aluminum Mountain Bike Frame
- Kona Explosif Steel Mountain Bike Frame
- Magura Louise Disk Brakes
- Magura Odur Mountain Bike Suspension Forks
- Schwalbe Marathon XR Long Distance Touring Tyres
- Singlespeed Converter
- Sun Rhynolyte Hardcore Mountain Bike Wheel Rims
Archives
Category Archives: Georgia
Weddings, unlike lightning, strike in the same place twice…
This is the first post in a while to the Ride Earth blog because I’ve not been cycle touring recently.
I returned via Public transport back from France to Tbilisi at the end of the summer. I met Tom in Venice and we spent a long and strange evening sleeping on a bench drinking wine with [...]
Also posted in Asia, Europe, Expedition Journal Tagged Cycling, Georgia, Life, Mountain Biking, Tbilisi, Wedding, Work Leave a comment
Memories from Iran
I wanted to write something more about my experience in Iran. At the time I didn’t write much on the blog. But I did write a lot in my diary which will appear in a book in the future.
Some experiences stay in my mind in particular. They started at Agarak, the Armenian-Iranian border. I remember [...]
Also posted in Expedition Journal, Iran Tagged bam, Couchsurfing, culture, Cycling, desert, history, Iran, isfahan, kerman, memories, Philosophy, south iran, yazd Leave a comment
10 things I’ve learnt from writing a book so far
I’m now 55,000 words into my book’s first draft and I’ve learnt a few things which I thought I’d share:
Get up early in the morning to write. e.g. 6 am. I tried writing late at night and got into a counter-productive routine of falling asleep at 10.30 pm, waking up at 2 am and working [...]
Also posted in Climate Change, Expedition Journal, writing Tagged Cycling, learning, Process, productivity, tips, writing 5 Comments
Getting things clear
I’ve been working a lot on creative stuff recently. My profession is in the field of web design. I’ve been posting artwork onto the Ride Earth flickr photo album, and other creative nuggets of inspiration and perhaps they don’t belong there.
My photos headline on Citizenside.com
I heard about a public-driven journalism website from a friend, http://www.citizenside.com and I uploaded some photos I took of the ‘cells’ that appeared all over the main street, Rustaveli, Freedom Square and around the Parliament building yesterday morning.
These metal framed cuboids covered in plastic sheeting are housing protesters claiming the president Saakashvili has been wrongly [...]
Also posted in Constructive Ranting Tagged cells, citizen, citizenside, demonstration, Georgia, journalism, news, photos, side, Tbilisi Leave a comment
A life without goals is going nowhere
Being in a new location, and having hatched new plans I’m finding myself at that stage of tilling the ground and sowing the seeds to hopefully grow into burgeoning new projects.
Also posted in Constructive Ranting Tagged Friends, Georgia, group, mentality, networking, ngo, Philosophy, Photography, projects, psychology, Tbilisi, Volunteering, writing 2 Comments
Writing etc
Writing is going ok. It’s new territory and a new challenge and I’m enjoying it.I have written about a previous adventure before- a mountain bike ride from Inverness to Fort William in May 2006. You can read that account in the earlier blog archives. I feel that my writing then was particularly stylised to appeal [...]
Also posted in Constructive Ranting Tagged books, disease, malaria, Philosophy, Photography, reality, tom, travel, writing Leave a comment
A new mission
So, I’m hanging up the panniers for a while and I’m living in a flat with Fanny in Tbilisi.
I decided to write up my journals into a book which will cover my journey from England to India and Nepal.
Demonstrations in Tbilisi
I arrived back in Tbilisi in Georgia just in time to witness a demonstration in a similar mould to the one Tom and I witnessed when we arrived for the first time back in January 2008.
50,000 people gathered on the main street, Rustaveli, outside the front of the parliament building. There is a large stage [...]
Back in Tbilisi- On the lookout for work
“Build it up, tear it down”
“A period of expansion, and a period of consolidation”
Also posted in Constructive Ranting, Expedition Journal Tagged Art, audio, Communication, creative, Georgia, money, Photography, Tbilisi, video, website, Work Leave a comment
Needle in a haystack
This morning I have been digging through the news about Georgia to find some articles which are closer to what I consider to be closer to the truth.
Typing ‘real news’ into Google I came across a news website which is member supported and do not accept advertising, government or corporate funding. We don’t know who [...]
Posted in Georgia Leave a comment
War
Today Georgia declared a state of war with Russia. Luckily I’d left on the 26th of July to come home to England to surprise my family. I travelled by bus and train. I’m planning to start to travel back towards Georgia on Monday. I hope that by the time I intend to get back to [...]
Also posted in Expedition Journal 1 Comment
Environmentally Sustainable Building Technology in Tbilisi
I have recently designed a website for a new building in Tbilisi. It is the first Class A+ building, designed by a German architects Wandel Hoefer Lorch. It is an impressive looking structure with a glass fascade which stands out amongst traditional Tbilisi buildings.
The special thing about the building is that it is one of [...]
Also posted in Constructive Ranting Tagged Building, Construction, Environment, Georgia, Sustainability, Tbilisi, Websites, Work Leave a comment
Georiders – Mountain Biking in the Republic of Georgia