Contents: Tours (4) Cycling info pages (1)

Reports by Glenn and Sheila Ord

All descriptions are in English, unless otherwise noted.

Tours

Ord's Bike Guide to Europe
by Glenn and Sheila Ord, tour started 1998

Europe: Austria, CzechRepublic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Holland, Morocco, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland

From Glenn and Sheila Ord's Home Page: On the Road to Nowhere - Nowhere is the Place. With an emphasis on budget travelling - Our experiences and advice for cycling in Europe. This guide is entirely based on our 7 ½ months (12,000 km) in 1998 across (and back) Europe: staying almost entirely in campgrounds (185 tent nights). This was supplemented by our time in Italy (April-May 1999).

Europe by bike: London to Budapest
by Glenn and Sheila Ord, tour started 1998

Europe: UK, France, Switzerland, Germany, CzechRepublic, Hungary

Travel Notes:

Thumbs up to: French friendliness, secondary road system, campsites, the bread, wine cheese, pate, supermarkets.
Thumbs down to: the April weather, birds that chirp all night long.
Most bizarre sight: we spotted 3 English train spotters on holiday watching the trains go by.
The gift for the person who has everything: a waterproof baguette holder

Europe by bike II: Budapest to Gibraltar
by Glenn and Sheila Ord, tour started 1998

Europe: Hungary, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, France, Spain, Gibraltar

Theft Incidents:

Muesli and milk (fox suspected); Germany
Dog chewing Glenn's dinner plate; France
Cat burgler..feline attempt at food in tent vestibule; Spain

On the Road to Nowhere - Nowhere is the Place
by Glenn and Sheila Ord

Europe, Africa, America, Asia: Japan, Italy, Morocco, SouthAfrica, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, NewZealand, USA, Canada, Mexico, France, SouthAfrica, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, UK

A site filled with tours all over Europe, Africa, Asia, and America.

Cycling info pages

Bike Trip Equipment Checklist
by Glenn and Sheila Ord

Europe

Very detailed checklist for a very long (12000km) tour for two people, with equipment for tent camping and cooking.