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So with my day of departure having finally arrived and with many goodbyes having been said to my family and friends, I was full of...

Resupplied and thoroughly refreshed, I left Brighton four days later heading west, again along the coast, turning inland towards the...

As the ferry docked in Dover, and I saw the white cliffs, I had a huge feeling of relief to be back home in England. Of course, it had...

I thought that, this being the countryside, I would find ample opportunities to camp but this proved simply not to be the case. At the...

The next morning, I headed back into Ghent to have another look around before heading west along an exceedingly long and wide canal...

Having been to Antwerp twice already, I didn’t hang around the following day but instead, set off mid-morning for Ghent. I cycled through...

Being The Netherlands and Belgium, I imagined that I wouldn’t need a map for such a short journey and I was proved, well, partially...

It was my intention to bring my belongings back to Manchester via train, and then head back to Amsterdam to start my journey from here....

Having no phone and very little access to the internet will surely mean that I won’t be able to contact people for fairly long periods of...

I'm now, barring any unforeseen changes, about two weeks from handing in my notice at work. I'll most likely work for another three or...