The Cycling Europe Podcast
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The Cycling Europe Podcast
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 092: Cycling La Vélo Francette
In this episode of the podcast, Andrew Sykes sets off with Tim Sanders to cycle the length of La Vélo Francette in northern France. After taking a fer...
Episode 091: Cycling Solo… Or With A Friend? / Saillink
In this episode of The Cycling Europe Podcast, Andrew Sykes and Tim Sanders - both experienced solo cycle tourers - contemplate their upcoming joint c...
Episode 090: Steve Silk – Go West / Gayle Moore – Coast To Coast (x 2)
In this episode of The Cycling Europe Podcast, journalist Steve Silk talks about the journey behind his new book, Go West, a cycling odyssey along the...
Episode 089: The Yorkshire Dales Monologue Special
Andrew Sykes heads into the Yorkshire Dales for a few days and this episode of The Cycling Europe Podcast sees him travel from Bradford to Skipton, Ap...
Episode 088: Jacob Lemanski – 38,000 Miles Of Cycling In 999 Days… And Ant Art
Jacob Lemanski tells the story of his epic ride around the world, twice, and how it has inspired him to retell the tale in his own series of podcasts...
Episode 087: Cycling On Cyprus / Cycling Romania To The UK
Joel Stokoe discusses his experiences of cycling on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus and Steve Cuthbertson recounts the story of his journey from Ro...
Episode 086: Cycling UK – The Marcher Castles Way – Sophie Gordon
Sophie Gordon of Cycling UK discusses the development of the organisation's off-road routes including the newest of the eight routes, The Marcher Cast...
Episode 085: Johnny Murtagh – Cycling The Camino De Santiago
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...
Episode 084: Eric / Wheels To Wander
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 Af...
Episode 083 – Part 2: The Northern Isles – Orkney
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 i...
Episode 083 – Part 1: The Northern Isles – Shetland
The Cycling Europe Podcast travels to the most northerly islands of Britain for a week of camping, hostelling and cycling. Renowned for its wild beaut...
Episode 082: Cycle Touring In Eastern Europe And The Balkans With Joanna Chmara
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...
Episode 081: Cycle Touring On Shetland (& Orkney)
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, o...
Episode 080: Cycle Touring 1970s Style – Rob Ainsley
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 i...
Episode 079: The Cycle Touring Festival / Albania
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 Lak...
Episode 078: Le Grand Tour On A Bike Called Wanda / Andrew P. Sykes
In this episode of The Cycling Europe Podcast, guest presenter Andrew Edwards chats to Andrew P. Sykes about his 2022 cycle around Europe and his new...
Episode 077: Agathe Daudibon / Svetlana & Quentin / Seth Maltzmann
The Cycling Europe Podcast is back and for this first episode of 2024 we have a triple-whammy of cycling-themed chats and stories. The EuroVelo networ...
Episode 076: Tim Sanders – The Parenzana Trail / Venice to Munich
Tim Sanders holds the accolade of being one of only two people to have attended every single Cycle Touring Festival since the event first appeared on...
Episode 075: Craig Fee – Cycling Into The Unknown
In 2017, novice long-distance cyclist Craig Fee set off on a continental odyssey to cycle from London to his friend’s wedding in Florence, Italy. But...
Yorkshire Day Special: Cycling The Way Of The Roses
To celebrate Yorkshire Day 2023, another opportunity to listen to a Yorkshire-themed podcast (albeit one that starts in Lancashire).
"An...
Episode 074: Cathryn Ramsden / Dale Majors / Gavin McCulloch / Rich Jeffries
Cathryn Ramsden cycled with her husband and son from Calais to Annecy. Dale Majors has cycled with his wife and six young children on several long tri...
Episode 073: Leigh Timmis – The Race Of Truth
Disillusioned by life in the post-graduation rat race of the film industry, Leigh Timmis set off on his bike and spent seven years cycling around the...
Episode 072: Greg Yeoman – Cycling Across Russia In 1993
In 1993, recently graduated student Greg Yeoman set off with his Australian friend Kate Leeming on a cycling expedition of nearly 13,000km, from St. P...
Episode 071: Mark Wedgwood – Cycling All The OS Maps
Mark Wedgwood had always been a lover of maps. In 2022, newly liberated from the constraints of a full-time job, he decided to cycle across every Ordn...
Episode 070: Crossing Europe On A Bike Called Reggie – Part 1
"The academic year must have been a difficult one as when the summer holidays arrived, secondary school teacher Andrew Sykes was happy to do as little...
Episode 069: Susan and Ron Crump – Cycling Amsterdam to Athens
In the autumn of 2022, Susan and Ron Crump, a retired couple from Kentucky in the USA set off on their first cycle tour. Instead of dipping their toes...
Episode 068: Cycling Bilbao To Athens – Tony Lenihan
Tony Lenihan, a retired policeman, works for his local council in the English Midlands as their ‘Sustainable Travel and Wellbeing Coordinator’. He’s a...
EXTRA: Active Travel – Tony Lenihan
Tony Lenihan is a touring cyclist and in the next full episode of The Cycling Europe Podcast - number 068 - you will hear him talk about a journey he...
Episode 067: Cycling In Brittany – Tim Boden / Geoff Husband
In June 2022, Tim Boden - an experienced group cyclist - set off on his first solo cycle tour, to Brittany in north-west France. His route took him fr...
Episode 066: Cycling On Tenerife
A few months ago I was approached by Jet2 Holidays who asked if I would be interested in discovering the joys of cycling in one of their winter destin...
Episode 065: Matthew Sturgeon – Cycling To Mainland Britain’s Lighthouses
Matthew Sturgeon is an architect and cyclist from Ilkley in Yorkshire and he’s on a mission to visit every one of mainland Britain’s 186 lighthouses....
Episode 064: Laura Massey-Pugh – Around The World On A Tandem
An ever-increasing number of people have cycled around the world. Not many have done it on a tandem. Even fewer have broken a world record in the proc...
Episode 063: Beth Ward – Wales To Istanbul & Drosi Bikes
“Hours, days, weeks and months in the saddle does something funny to your brain. We came back from the trip convinced that cycling was the answer to a...
Episode 062: Jeremy Wilson – Beryl Burton – ‘Britain’s Greatest Athlete’
Beryl Burton was born in Yorkshire on May 12th 1937. Her upbringing was tough. Her school report described her as a 'stubborn little mule. At the age...
Episode 061: The 1903 Tour De France… On A Brompton
Gareth Dent has a long-term relationship with small-wheeled bicycles. Growing up in Stevenage in the late 1960s he made the most of the town’s futuris...
Episode 060: Cycling The Route of ‘The Wheels Of Chance’ By H.G. Wells
Tristam Newey is a science-fiction writer from Southampton who loves all things sea, air, space.. and cycling. Inspired by H.G.Wells' 1896 comic novel...
Episode 059: Le Grand Tour, Part 8 – The Rhine Cycle Route / EuroVelo 15
The Cycling Europe Podcast continues to follow Andrew Sykes as he concludes his ‘Grand Tour’ cycle around Europe. In this episode of the podcast, afte...
Episode 058: Le Grand Tour, Part 7 – La Via Rhôna / EuroVelo 17
The Cycling Europe Podcast continues to follow Andrew Sykes as he cycles on his ‘Grand Tour’ of Europe. In this episode of the podcast he sets off fro...
Episode 057: Le Grand Tour, Part 6 – La Véloroute Des Deux Mers From Bordeaux To Sète / Canal De La Garonne & Canal Du Midi
The Cycling Europe Podcast continues to follow Andrew Sykes as he cycles on his ‘Grand Tour’ of Europe. He has now arrived in Bordeaux at the start of...
Episode 056: Le Grand Tour, Part 5 – La Vélodyssée From Morlaix To Royan / EuroVelo 1
The Cycling Europe Podcast continues to follow Andrew Sykes as he cycles on his ‘Grand Tour’ of Europe. After a day off in Morlaix, Brittany, Andrew s...