Just a short story of my latest cycling adventure.
I have been cycling for near on 2 years now, I know what my comfort speed is and what distances I can achieve as and when time/weather/fitness permits, also lost a good amount of weight and feel good in myself.
So the time is 7.30am a good breeze is blowing outside, I have pre-arranged with my cycling guide, Claus Mildenberg from www.blackjackbike.com this is the best time to start. We take a short 10 kilometre drive up the coast, past the building sites and open ground to our start point.
This is no normal cycling trip for me, this is as extreme as I am ever going to get on a bike. I have decided to cycle in the Nabq reserve (desert) in Egypt. It’s now 8.00am and the temperature is 34 degrees and going to get hotter, there is a good head wind which is refreshing to start with!
The route we are taking to start with is along the coast, no more than 150 metres from the sea at anytime. Claus was an exceptional guide, he kept an eye on me and ensured I was taking on water and eating regularly to keep the pace going. The wildlife on the banks of the Gulf of Aqaba is truly amazing from the large saltwater mangroves to the ospreys catching fish, Bedouin camps and the colours of the sea are some of the things I won’t forget in a hurry, these aren’t things you would see staying in a hotel! After the route on the coast we headed inland to the foot of the mountains, plenty of strange animal tracks although it was now into the lower 40’s and we needed to get back, so we headed back across the desert with a good tailwind. I say a tailwind but I haven’t experienced anything like it before, there was a tailwind but you couldn’t feel it, it was very unusual feeling.
By the time we got back we had covered about 35-40 kilometres, drunk litres and litres of water, eaten god knows how many biscuits and energy foods from the support vehicle, you cycle at a pace that is comfortable for you, stop and rest when you need to.
My thanks to Claus for an excellent guided tour, the time past extremely quickly and I learn alot about desert life and saw some wonderful sights. I would certainly recommend it to anybody who likes cycling and is going to Sharm el Shiek and wants to do something different than the usual watersports (snigger), but I am glad I had did it and now I have the T-shirt to prove it.
I have been cycling for near on 2 years now, I know what my comfort speed is and what distances I can achieve as and when time/weather/fitness permits, also lost a good amount of weight and feel good in myself.
So the time is 7.30am a good breeze is blowing outside, I have pre-arranged with my cycling guide, Claus Mildenberg from www.blackjackbike.com this is the best time to start. We take a short 10 kilometre drive up the coast, past the building sites and open ground to our start point.
This is no normal cycling trip for me, this is as extreme as I am ever going to get on a bike. I have decided to cycle in the Nabq reserve (desert) in Egypt. It’s now 8.00am and the temperature is 34 degrees and going to get hotter, there is a good head wind which is refreshing to start with!
The route we are taking to start with is along the coast, no more than 150 metres from the sea at anytime. Claus was an exceptional guide, he kept an eye on me and ensured I was taking on water and eating regularly to keep the pace going. The wildlife on the banks of the Gulf of Aqaba is truly amazing from the large saltwater mangroves to the ospreys catching fish, Bedouin camps and the colours of the sea are some of the things I won’t forget in a hurry, these aren’t things you would see staying in a hotel! After the route on the coast we headed inland to the foot of the mountains, plenty of strange animal tracks although it was now into the lower 40’s and we needed to get back, so we headed back across the desert with a good tailwind. I say a tailwind but I haven’t experienced anything like it before, there was a tailwind but you couldn’t feel it, it was very unusual feeling.
By the time we got back we had covered about 35-40 kilometres, drunk litres and litres of water, eaten god knows how many biscuits and energy foods from the support vehicle, you cycle at a pace that is comfortable for you, stop and rest when you need to.
My thanks to Claus for an excellent guided tour, the time past extremely quickly and I learn alot about desert life and saw some wonderful sights. I would certainly recommend it to anybody who likes cycling and is going to Sharm el Shiek and wants to do something different than the usual watersports (snigger), but I am glad I had did it and now I have the T-shirt to prove it.
