The Cycling Europe Podcast

Dec 29 2024 95 ep. 60 mins 201
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The wonderful world of cycle touring... from CyclingEurope.org. From the EuroVelos to round-the-world cyclists, you'll find it all here on The Cycling Europe Podcast.

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Episode 087: Cycling On Cyprus / Cycling Romania To The UK

Dec 29 2024 67 mins  
Joel Stokoe discusses his experiences of cycling on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus and Steve Cuthbertson recounts the story of his journey from Romania back to his home in southern England in aid of charity.

Episode 086: Cycling UK – The Marcher Castles Way – Sophie Gordon

Dec 08 2024 45 mins  
Sophie Gordon of Cycling UK discusses the development of the organisation's off-road routes including the newest of the eight routes, The Marcher Castles Way.

Episode 085: Johnny Murtagh – Cycling The Camino De Santiago

Nov 01 2024 82 mins  
In the early autumn of 2023, at the start of a year-long sabbatical from work, Johnny Murtagh cycled from his home in southern England to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. “But the real story isn’t just the journey itself – it’s the incredible group of people I met along the way. A motley crew from all corners of the world, each with their own unique reasons for bei

Episode 084: Eric / Wheels To Wander

Oct 13 2024 58 mins  
With his partner, Maudi, Dutch cyclist Eric has cycled the World. He was initially inspired to set off on two wheels by Peter Gostelow and his ‘Big Africa Cycle’. Via their popular Wheels to Wander YouTube Channel, Eric and Maudi now inspire others with their engaging filmed travelogues and practical advice videos. Eric joined the podcast to reflect on his years in the saddle..

Episode 083 – Part 2: The Northern Isles – Orkney

Sep 14 2024 41 mins  
After a week on Shetland (listen to part 1 of this two-part podcast), The Cycling Europe Podcast takes the late-night ferry south to Kirkwall on the islands of Orkney. Following a day spent exploring the capital, Andrew Sykes cycles west for three nights of camping in the historic town of Stromness. From here he heads first to Hoy, home to the spectacular beach and cliffs at Rackwi

Episode 083 – Part 1: The Northern Isles – Shetland

Aug 30 2024 57 mins  
The Cycling Europe Podcast travels to the most northerly islands of Britain for a week of camping, hostelling and cycling. Renowned for its wild beauty, but also its capricious weather, Andrew Sykes sets off on a ride that will stretch the entire length of the archipelago from Unst in the north to Sumburgh in the south taking time to explore the attractions, meet the locals and com

Episode 082: Cycle Touring In Eastern Europe And The Balkans With Joanna Chmara

Aug 01 2024 58 mins  
Joanna Chmara is a cycle tourist from Poland. She runs the popular cycling website WobblyRide.com and has wide experience of travelling with her bike in the Balkans, Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, usually as a solo cyclist. In this episode of The Cycling Europe Podcast, she explains what first motivated her to set off on two wheels and why the hardest part of many cycling journeys

Episode 081: Cycle Touring On Shetland (& Orkney)

Jun 29 2024 54 mins  
Shetland is the northernmost part of the United Kingdom, 170 km from mainland Scotland and only 220 km from the Norwegian coast. Of its 100 islands, only 15 are inhabited (by a population of just over 20,000) but according to the local tourist board, the remote archipelago “…has everything a cyclist could hope for”. Tim Sanders, Anne Lawther and Jayne Moore have all visited S

Episode 080: Cycle Touring 1970s Style – Rob Ainsley

Jun 15 2024 57 mins  
Writer Rob Ainsley has cycled from Barmouth to Yarmouth because they rhyme. He’s cycled from Britain’s smallest church in Rhos to its largest church in Liverpool. He’s cycled the London Monopoly board. And he continues to amass a long list of ‘end-to-end’ country cycles. So for Rob, cycling from Morecambe to Bridlington along the Way of the Roses cycle route may at first

Episode 079: The Cycle Touring Festival / Albania

Jun 01 2024 63 mins  
Most episodes of The Cycling Europe Podcast know where they are going from the outset. This episode is slightly different. We start in the English Lake District to take in the sounds of the recent Cycle Touring Festival in its new home of Coniston. We then head to India to hear from long-distance cyclist James Thomas. He lives in a coastal town in Goa on the shore of the Arabian Se