Member Profile
Chris Pountney
Journals
Title | Ratings |
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To the west coast… and back!!! | 471 |
Around Denmark with Kevin | 752 |
To Belgium with Kevin | 4927 |
The Not So Long Way Down | 2328 |
The Really Long Way Round | 9478 |
About
Hey, I'm Chris. I'm 36 years old. I'm from the UK. I have brown hair and blue eyes. That's about it really. Oh yeah, and I really, really, really like riding my bicycle.
I made my first bike tour in 2009, a seven week journey around New Zealand's North Island and loved it. A year later, in May 2010, I started cycle touring as a way of life, hoping to see the world from my bicycle saddle. I rode on for about ten years, clocking up 155,000 kilometres, give or take a few, in around 80 countries, circumnavigating the planet a couple of times.
I've written several books about my travels, No Wrong Turns, Into the Sunrise and Different Parts of Everywhere.
I now live in Denmark with my partner Dea, where I can still be found having human-powered adventures: