by Ishbel Holmes | Aug 15, 2014 | All Blog Posts, Europe
All photos taken on phone. That’s how beautiful the Alps are!... by Ishbel Holmes | Aug 15, 2014 | All Blog Posts, Europe
Today’s purpose is to pedal my way to Italy’s Lake Garda, ending my day with a bath in the lake. Purpose means nothing when I get my East and South directions mixed up and I don’t arrive to Lake Garda until 8.30pm. Much to my horror on arrival Lake... by Ishbel Holmes | Aug 8, 2014 | All Blog Posts, Europe
It’s my first motorway ‘oopsie’ of the world tour by bicycle and I manage a whopping 20 km which ends in blue lights and sirens. The police inform me there has been call after call about a girl cycling along the motorway. In the UK, a blue sign... by Ishbel Holmes | Aug 6, 2014 | All Blog Posts, Europe
The words I’m in a youth hostel tonight, won’t mean much without an explanation of last nights shenanigans with slugs in my tent. I awake in my one man tent at 2 am needing a wee. Unzipping the tent, I jump out sticking my feet into my sandals. Squish. ... 
by Ishbel Holmes | Aug 6, 2014 | All Blog Posts, Europe
Most people will remember cycling up the world famous Alpe d’Heuz rather differently than I do. This is because I lost my pants on the Alpe d’Heuz with embarrassing consequences. Cycling around the world with my belongings packed into panniers I have...