"The Adventures of Ten Tonne Taffy"

and Tilly the Tandem

2024 – South East Asia

1. Banned again… - When I really annoyed my mum, she used to say, "Sometimes you can get right up my back and knock…
2. Cancelled and Refunded - We picked up our hire car in Ipswich having asked for an MG HS as we could just squeeze Tilly…
3. Bangkok - Unless we venture to Phuket, this is likely to be the most touristy place we visit and you're really spoilt…
4. Farewell Bangkok - And we're off..leaving Bangkok We thoroughly enjoyed Bangkok, it's a very western city and you can easily live a completely…
You really shouldn’t be that yellow…. - Well, that wasn't expected! The first two days of cycling I found really hard. I mean stupid hot, overheating feeling…
6. Papers Please! - The cycle too the border from Bangkok took a few days taking us though small villages and quiet roads and…
7. Angkor Wat - The cycle to Ankor Wat from the border town of Poipet is all on the main road. I'm sure some…
8. Angkors away - After a great week at Siem Reap, and having stocked up for the next few weeks with western essentials (cheddar!)…
9. Cycling for pleasure - The next leg of the trip was through a remote agricultural landscape with only 1 town and few villages or…
10. On a mission - The border crossing back to Cambodia was quicker than on the way in and the road back to Stung Treng…
11. Phonm Penh - The ferry into PP is an experience on its own. There are about 15 ferry's, 2 of which are roro…
12. Road? What road? - We reluctantly left our  Christmas oasis of luxury in Phnom Penh after a lovely seven nights rest. Our journey from…
13. Costa del Thailand - From Chanthaburi we headed back to he coast on a cycle lane! There's been quite a lot of these recently,…
14. The car is King - We left our hotel about 50km south of Bangkok to salutes from all the staff and managed to weave our…
15. Bridge over the River Kwai - Kanchanburi, is the home of the bridge made famous by the David Lean film Bridge over the River Kwai.  The…
16. Turning south - We left our cabin in the paddy fields at dawn and had a lovely cycle though small lanes, with ever…
17. A Pelleton of tourers - We've not seen many tourers this trip which has been a great surprise as we thought the place would be…
18. Hot hot hot - We've been quite lucky with the weather so far, almost no rain, just the one 10 minute deluge and we've…
19. Man overboard… - We'd been told that the national park south of us wasn't even a hill by some fellow tandemers, who shall…
20. The Other Side - Hello Malaysia We cleared immigration into Malaysia easily, it being the best organised border crossings we've done. We could even…
21. The sun never sets on the (old) British Empire. - Always a picturesque start to the day We had a couple of nice days cycling through quiet lanes and tracks…
22. Muggy Malaysia - We'd had a lovely hotel suite in George Town, complete with a seperate lounge and had thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, but…
23. A change of Direction - We left Taiping well before first light to try and beat the heat and headed towards the coast again. By…

2024 – Friends and Family

Wheeling our age… - As you get older the list of ailments grows, those younger than us will be thinking it won't happen to…
Melt down - I've been fighting my bad back and the old knee is giving me some gyp too but we've been making…
JOOO…(Jonny off on one) - We've noticed a change in our hotel stops in the EU this trip. We've not had any hotel with those…
Back to reality… - No priority disembarking at Dover! None of the proirity to cyclist that we'd enjoyed when boarding our ferry in Dunkirk..back…
5. Things can only get better - We had a couple of days off in St Alban's - surely one of the hilliest cities in England -…
The North! - "Eee by 'eck lad, tha's like a pair of whippets on't one o' them double seaters..." Welcome to the North!…
The North East Coast. - Hornsea is a town that time forgot.  There are no chains! Heaven! It a gem of a seaside town and…
Another late off the press finale… Bail out skipper - Our coastal 2 day break at Seaton Carew was a nice stop with an extremely noisy hotel, but the beach…

2024 – An Indian Winter

Out of our comfort zone… - Abu Dhabi I've said before that we talk frequently about where to go to escape the lovely English winter, then…
What have we done! - Reassembling Tilly Suresh, owner of the best bike shop in the world! Lost its former glory... Kamwaadeswaa Temple Amateurs..!!  We…
Time for a rest! - And we're off.... Having had the chance to experience the traffic in Chennai first hand in multiple tuk tuks, we…
Outshining the Prime Minister…. - Leaving behind the oasis of our beach hotel we headed south on the main road. There's no choice here unless…
Live long and prosper.. - Leaving Pondicherry on a bicycle at rush hour is an activity only Klingons will truly appreciate. Before jumping on to…
Happy People - Sacred Pond Sacred Pond Temple entrance Cerimonial Chariot in Kumbakonam Another Cerimonial Chariot.. Our day off in Kumbakonam saw us…
Monkeying around - Moving on from Thanjavur we decided to take the main road as the small roads added too much distance between…
Ablutions … - Toilet roll! Much of the world doesn't smudge and flush© like us westerners, but use soap and water in the…
About turn… - After an excellent 4 night stop in Madurai we left at 6.20am to get through the city before the madness…
Religious wars - Surprisingly the area around Kanyakumari is Christian and full of churches, big brand new immaculately kept, expensive and very impressive…
Best we stay another night - Varkala Cliff The whole point of coming to Varkala was to walk along the cliff edge restaurants and 'posh tat'…
Man down - I've had trouble with my back all my life. I can pick a pair of socks up and then be…
The Tea Plantations - The town of Munnar isn't much to write home about, but the hills surrounding it are covered in tea plantations.…
Back at the coast - Our final ride to the coast was a short hop from our riverside hotel to our beach hotel - it's…
Idyllic Coasts - Mangrove beach, mini Goa After being told by multiple people, as we headed up the coast, to visit Mini Goa…
Elderly couple - It's not always fun being in the news - The journo who interviewed us recently kindly referred to us as…
And that’s a wrap.. - After our lovely night in 5 star luxury we had another two ferries that may or may not run but…
Better late than never…. - The final installment of our India trip !!... The flooding in Dubai had disrupted numerous flights,  people were waiting for…