Golden Triangle Virtual Challenge
January 28, 2024On 1st December 2023, I started a new virtual Kickbiking challenge – the Golden Triangle in India. India’s Golden Triangle is a tourist circuit that connects New Delhi, India’s national capital city, with Agra and Jaipur. It is called “The Golden Triangle” because it’s route is triangular shape when shown on a map. Usually the journey starts in Delhi, it then heads south to the site of the Taj Mahal at Agra in Uttar Pradesh state, then heads west, to Jaipur in the desert landscapes of Rajasthan state. It is possible to do the trip by road, train or plane…
Rundownunder into Western Australia
In the Rundownunder challenge, the start of 2023 saw me walking / running / hiking, virtually, across the top of the Northern Territory. The travelling north along the eastern seaboard of Australia in the first year or so of the…
Hiking in a Mother City
A “mother city”, you ask? The English word “metropolitan” is derived from two Greek words, “meter” meaning “mother” and “polis” meaning “city”, a “metropolis”. It also indicates a city from which others have been colonized, a parent state of a…
Rainy Seaside Retreat
Between 2nd and 6th of October 2023, Rebecca and I had an opportunity to do what has become our yearly tradition: a holiday to a seaside town. This time we chose Lakes Entrance, and rather than drive the car we…
Rebecca’s Graduation in Adelaide
Sunday 24th September We boarded the Albury – Adelaide, South Australia bus at Wangaratta at about 5:30am. This was the longest scheduled bus journey I’ve every been on up to this point. We have driven most of the route the…
Romantic Road Virtual Challenge
Germany’s Romantic Road ( https://www.romanticroadgermany.com/ ) is based very loosely on an old Roman route that linked the participating towns, with some stunning medieval locations to the north added. The Romantic Road concept is a modern marketing idea which appears…
Camping, Exploring, Family, Hiking, Holidays, Interesting Places, NAtional Parks, Nature, Travel, WalkingEverywhere is within walking distance if you have the time
The title of this post is a quote from someone called Steven Wright. I can’t remember where I first saw it, or even who Steven Wright is, but the idea of everywhere being within walking distance if you have the…
Breaking a 20+ Year Drought
Over the Victorian Labour Day long weekend, I did my 1st overnight hiking camp in more than 20 years. A week or so before that I purchased a 65 litre hiking backpack, and some new hiking boots. What follows describes…
Nakasendo Trail Virtual Challenge
On 1st January 2023, I started the Conquerors Nakasendo Trail virtual challenge. I did it as a Kickbiking challenge, and have set myself 10 weeks to complete it, which means a finishing date of 12th March. I need to average…
The Road Back To Health
As mentioned in a previous post, on 1st May 2022 I injured my knee and the subsequent healing of that injury brought virtually all my physical activity to a screeching halt. From the activity when the injury occurred through to…
North Coast 500 Virtual Challenge
The North Coast 500 is a touring route 516 miles (approximately 825km) long around the northern coasts of Scotland. The official length is the 516 miles. The Conqueror Virtual Challenges also has a challenge called the North Coast 500, which…