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Building in shape of ship with ship in foreground. People on dock.

The Next Phase

July 12, 2026We‘re back in Dakar and looking to head north. We have mixed feelings about trying to head out of Africa but Dakar is doing a pretty good job of reminding us of some of the chaos we won’t miss so…
Stream of lorries with moped overtaking. Dust everywhere.

25km or so of riding in conditions akin to this into Dakar today

July 10, 2026
Trench being dug around an abandoned lorry against a wall

Abandoned lorry? Screw it, just dig the trench *around* the abandoned lorry

July 10, 2026
Our bikes next to a large are of scorched ground. In an industrial area with loads of traffic.

Nice romantic spot for lunch

July 10, 2026
Large piles of pipes laid in dusty wasteland

Big pipe sounds

July 10, 2026I’m always gonna stop and see what such big pipes do sonically. Sorry, Beck. Big pipe https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=LJ66rN-cS7z_xvbT&v=U8P8t-k2R7U&feature=youtu.be Bigger pipe (with me…
Cliff in background. Sea in foreground. Waves crashing.

This appears to be a cliff. We’ve not seen the likes of it in Senegal before.

July 9, 2026In fact we saw some hillocks today too…
Sam sits beneath a huge baobab tree with sprawling branches and a thick trunk

I got weed on by a bat whilst inside a sacred Baobab tree

July 9, 2026Must be good luck
A view of a small island amongst mangroves from another small island made of shells

Shell Island

July 8, 2026
Huge pile of broken plastic chairs

The latest in our long running series of Things That Break is: Our Laptop

July 7, 2026Going to slow down our blog posts—at least—until we can get it looked at in Dakar
Sam rides his bike over a sandy flat landscape with no trees

Sand and salt

July 7, 2026We’ll just follow this track right?!
A building with tiles missing that has been rendered and then awfully repainted in an attempt to match the tiles

Where was it we got those tiles from again?

July 7, 2026Don’t sweat it, I can just paint some on…
My bike on a dirt track in a rainforest with microphone attached to the saddle

Article for The Wire Magazine

July 6, 2026Delighted to be asked to write something for one of my favourite publications. Just a short article reflecting on my art, now that it’s bicycle-based. Look / listen here:…