I've wanted to do a really big bike trip for many years...

Our US to Argentina trip was originally going to be a bike trip but we decided Lilly was too young so we bought a van...

But after the van trip, and covid, and settling down in Utah for 2 years, I thought my dream of a big family bike trip was not going to happen.

But now, all very last-minute, we've bought a tandem bike, I've left my job, we've not renewed our rental house lease, and we're throwing together a 5000km bike ride across Europe!

It's been a chaotic month.

We sold Vancito, bought some bike bags, did one test ride camping 40 miles from our house, and now have flown to London to visit my family and pull together the final logistics.

I'm exhausted and excited and terrified! Monday we will get on our bikes in my sister's driveway here in England, and attempt to pedal to Turkey.