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Painted garage sign on building with wonderful wonky car image and Arabic script

A change of day, a change of plan

January 24, 2026Riding for us tends to broadly fall into two categories. Bimbling and Bimbling With Intent. Very occasionally though, we switch into Get There mode. That was our plan for this section, but less than a
A Moroccan train travelling through the landscape of desert and scattered trees

It was tempting to take the train

January 23, 2026The toughest day of the tour so far into a savage headwind. Shame the train didn’t take bikes…(rest day tomorrow)
Very overloaded hay lorry passes Beck

Please don’t tip on us…

January 22, 2026
Sand blown over the tent footprint and inside the tent itself. Beck standing in foreground.

No, not the desert…

January 22, 2026Suboptimal scenes from an abandoned playground.
A view down a gravel path on the side of a hill in Morocco with mountains in the distance

First Moroccan camp

January 21, 2026Good view from our first Moroccan camp spot
Amazing breakfast platter. Including olives, tahini, omelette, bread, fresh juice, tea, coffee, yoghurt etc

Welcome to Morocco

January 20, 2026
Picture of Beck with two ticket sleeves with Balearia written on them

We’re off to Morocco! 🇲🇦

January 19, 2026
Beck holding a fist aloft when rising over a bridge on a Via Verde

Spanish cycle tracks

January 18, 2026Spain has certainly delivered and we have absolutely loved cycling here. One of the best things has been the vast range of cycle infrastructure we’ve experienced that has allowed us to explore the cou
Big white holiday home. Complete but boarded up with no trespass sign

Occupied or unoccupied?

January 18, 2026It is not hard to notice that throughout Spain there are so many empty properties. I admit that it’s not always possible to tell if a Spanish building is occupied or not as they almost all have shutte
Green front bag with mics trailing down two tunnels towards the sea

Stereo tunnels to the sea

January 18, 2026Sometimes you get lucky. As soon as I saw / heard these two tunnels down to the sea (used as part of salt production back in the day) I knew a recording would sound great. The stereo separation and th
Almeria sign made of plants on edge of park

What are we up to?

January 18, 2026Along with how we got here, we wanted to provide a quick update for those who might be wondering why we have stopped moving again… Essentially, we have been planning our next move and getting some it
Beck watching the sun ride over sea and mountains

Southwards through Spain

January 18, 2026The latest leg in our Bimbling Journey has been southwards through Spain. On the 1st of December we left family in Saint Jean de Luz (south west France), reaching the Mediterranean coast on the 21st D