Musings & Updates
N00bsJuly 19, 2025We’re pretty new to cycle touring. In fact, we’ve done a few two to three week tours before and we have obsessed (Beck the route and me the kit) over this adventure for a long while, but still, we have plenty to learn and are already doing so. Maybe—gradually—we have also learnt a thing or two that can help others hoping to do the same. Or maybe... Hardcore bimbling July 18, 2025Bimbling SamToday has been textbook bimbling. We came via Hardanger Fjord on the recommendation of Gunhild and John. Due to three early mornings to avoid traffic and heat we were both tired so napped twice en route. Then Per got in touch and mentioned he was across the fjord in a campsite with his family, so, we got on a ferry and are now on the edge of their... TtttttttunnelllllllllllJuly 18, 2025Bimbling SamAs we’ve touched upon elsewhere, tunnels are somewhat stressful on a bike. Some are narrow, damp and poorly lit. Others are wider and have a sort of pavement either side. Despite this, we find that they create a sense of foreboding. Not least because of the sound. This recording was made inside a tunnel, in a little layby, with the microphones... Sights (and sounds) of Norway in one dayJuly 17, 2025Bimbling BeckNorway just keeps on giving! We think we’ve been wowed enough but every climb and turn greets us with another amazing sight or sound. As an example, today we started out early because we knew there was a section on the main E134 from Røldal which was really busy yesterday as we arrived and also because the forecast was for high temperatures later... Further ascentJuly 17, 2025Bimbling Beck(Not included in the remaining 14 metres of ascent) Hydrophone and big snow thing getting intimateJuly 16, 2025Embedding the hydrophone in the snow resulted in very little to hear. What you can hear here is me pressing it against it, probably shorting the mic in some way, and likely no different to me pressing the microphone against a table…but it’s what I *wanted* this chunk of snow to sound like! DNT hostel breakfastJuly 16, 2025Popped into a serviced DNT hostel (there are over 590 hostels and cabins nationally) for breakfast. And lunch, as they encourage you to take a bag away. Riverside dinnerJuly 15, 2025Bimbling BeckA riverside banana and kombucha. Fancy. Keep up, get in touch.
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