We met at school in 1982. Spent much of our youth on travels and adventures between times of work and study. Our travels took us to Yugoslavia, Turkey, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Laos, China, Russia and West Africa. We enjoyed travelling at a basic level, usually choosing trekking, cycling or local boats to get around.
We moved to the South Coast of England, and got married in 1992, and have 2 daughters. We enjoy the outdoors, sailing, canoeing, cycling, walking and camping.
Once our youngest daughter, Katy was 5 and Becky was 7 we started to travel again. Just short trips to fit in with annual leave from our jobs. The first was trekking in the Atlas mountains of Morroco. Trips to Ghana, India, Laos, Georgia, Benin, Burkino Faso, and Bangladesh followed. It was wonderful showing our daughters these amazing places, and travelling as a family brought a different dimension to our travels, with great interactions with local people.
Becky and Katy are now grown up and have their own exciting lives. We decided to embark on some new adventures travelling on our tandem to less traveled parts of the world. Some adjustments were made to our work commitments so we can get away for some longer breaks of a few months.
Now we are very nearly 60 and have cycled thousands of miles across continents, and still going strong. We have completed the length of Africa, India to Vietnam, and the length of the Himalayas through India, Nepal and Bangladesh.
This BBC clip explains a little:
https://youtu.be/cc4nEq5qY_0?si=FNZpnpL7WoE-Zhcc
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