At 410 km (at least), stage 2 is one of the longest of the entire trip. It is also possibly the most diverse, featuring overnight stops in t...

I’ve been scratching my head for some time now about how to traverse the Giant Mountains (Krkonoše in Czech, Karkonosze in Polish) during st...

I went out on my bike for the first time this year today. Yet I so nearly wimped out of it. In my last blog entry I pledged to go riding t...

I’m suffering from withdrawal symptoms. Cycling withdrawal symptoms. I haven’t been out on the bike since mid-December, mainly because of ...

(reviewed by the bloke who intends to cycle the Czech Republic) On Sunday 5 August 2007, Mark Beaumont, a Scotsman, set out from Paris to ...

I'm ready at last to unveil stage 1 of my route around the Czech Republic, which starts in the northern Moravian town of Bohumín. The fi...

Recently I wrote about the history of the Czech border region . Now it's time for a geography lesson. Specifically, I want to draw atten...