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We are going to hear what it's like to spend a month cycling in Ireland thanks to the latest update from Brian Sampson who just completed a 1500km loop around Dublin and Belfast that proved tougher, more beautiful, and far more rewarding than expected. 
After cycling through England and Wales, Brian discovered Ireland's slower pace, where he enjoyed cycling on empty farm roads. The standout moment was a hike to Comshagan Lough, a glacial crater lake. He skipped the touristy Dingle Peninsula due to the busy traffic and 40mph wind gusts, opting instead for the quieter Sheepshead Peninsula. 
Key takeaways: the Irish hospitality is peak (work crews offering shelter, locals offering directions), the scenery rivals NZ and Tasmania, and yes, the weather will get you wet every morning. Cycling in Ireland may not be easy, but it absolutely is worth it.
You can keep up with Brian's adventures via his instagram - @brian.sampson4 and also his personal blog https://justfeltlikebiking.blogspot.com/
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Katy and Alan spent five years dreaming about this adventure and then went ahead, put their careers on pause and spent a full year cycling 20,000km around the world. Halfway through the adventure, a monotonous desert section through Central Asia nearly broke them, so they threw out their initial planned route and let the trip become something even better.
These are the key lessons from their journey:
You don't need to wait for retirement to take a big adventure
A plan is a starting point but it's ok to change and adapt them
The less you know about a place, the more it can surprise you
People will help you, almost everywhere, almost every time.
Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness.
Fear of the unknown is usually worse than the unknown itself.
Shared goals matter more than shared stats.
Hard days don't last, but you will have hard days on big adventures
You don't need a year to have an adventure.
Be sure to give Katy and Alan a follow via their account @CycleTheLongWayHome
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When we last heard from Milica, she was in Northern France and just a few days into her ride from London to Croatia. In this update, she reflects on what the bike adventure has actually looked and felt like across the weeks in between. Milica shares about:
What her worst day on the road looked like
Why keeping yourself fed is actually one of the most important things you can do out there
When a bad day turned into a genuinely good one
Why she loves Austria
Insights from  riding solo across Europe
Cycling into Croatia knowing her family had to flee the same villages she's now riding through freely
Follow Milica's adventures via her instagram page - @2Wheels1Milikov
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Dreaming  about taking a huge bike adventure? Then this episode is for you.
Ellie Mitchell-Heggs shares her insights from her solo journey where she cycled 10,000 kilometres  across Africa from Rwanda to Cape Town. All up her trip was nine months long and took her across ten countries. It was also a ride that was layered with both a personal family connection to Africa and loaded up with a huge sense of purpose as well.
Alongside the cycling, Ellie spent time in every capital city meeting with over 100 local NGOs, social enterprises and community organisations working in education, youth empowerment and gender equality. Ellie shares how those conversations, got her through the toughest stretches on the road.
In this episode we cover:
How Ellie got into bikepacking starting with the Vélodyssée down the west coast of France
Why she chose to start in Rwanda and ride south 
The communities and landscapes that shaped each country, from Uganda's warmth to the brutal isolation of Botswana's flat roads
70 kilometres being swarmed by tsetse flies in a Tanzanian national park
Canoeing four days down the Zambezi river as a mid-trip reset
Grieving her father on the road 
Cycling through Namibia with two fellow bikepackers.
Food poisoning two days from Cape Town, and the unicycle escort into the city
What made those NGO conversations so energising 
Find Ellie on Instagram: @ProjectCycleAfrica
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Daragh Cronin is back with a wild update from his Cork to Everest Base Camp ride. This time he shares with us the extraordinary hospitality of Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan.  Then every bike travellers nightmare, a flat refusal at the Federal Iraq border crossing derailing his plans for his route. 
This led Daragh to have to re-route through Dubai and Kuwait City where the intensity of the trip got turned to the max when he found himself trying to cycle through the desert in extreme heat leading to a stint in hospital to be treated for heatstroke. 
Follow along with Daragh via his instagram - @roaminwithcronin

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