Journal

A living record of the road before, during, and after the expedition

This journal begins before the first kilometre.

Here, I will share the preparation, the training rides, the doubts, the small victories, the people I meet, and the moments that shape the road ahead.

Once the journey begins, it will follow the expedition across 41 countries: the places, the people, the climbs, the meals, the conversations, the communities, and the everyday moments that give meaning and purpose to the miles.

A place for memory, adventure, grief, love, hope, and the long road towards a future without cancer.

  • Day 4 – Ghent to Gravaalbos En Omgeving

    Day 4 – Ghent to Gravaalbos En Omgeving

    From the canals of Ghent to a forest bivak zone near Meldert. I left Ghent with the feeling that I was leaving more than a city. After two nights with Kevin and his housemates, after the garden, the rain, the bed they kindly offered me, and the meal I cooked for them, Ghent had become

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  • Day 3 – Diksmuide to Ghent

    Day 3 – Diksmuide to Ghent

    From quiet Belgian roads to the kindness of Kevin and his housemates By the third morning, the expedition had begun to feel less like a beginning and more like a life. The first day had carried me from London to Dunkirk. The second day had taken me from France into Belgium. Now, on Day 3,

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  • Day 2 – Dunkirk to Diksmuide

    Day 2 – Dunkirk to Diksmuide

    Day 2 of Cycling Across Europe for a Future Without Cancer I woke up in Dunkirk with the strange feeling that the journey had already changed shape overnight. The day before, everything had been a beginning. Leaving home. Big Ben. St Pancras. Dover. The ferry across the Channel. The first kilometres in France. My first

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  • Day 1 – London to Dunkirk

    Day 1 – London to Dunkirk

    The opening day of Cycling Across Europe for a Future Without Cancer. There are mornings that do not feel real until they are already behind you. For months, this journey had lived inside conversations, documents, maps, messages, training rides, sleepless nights, equipment lists, doubts, and hope. It had been a sentence I kept repeating to

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For A Future Without Cancer

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