Blog | Mark Stratton Travels

About It starts with Bus #173

This is my occasional blog focusing on my travels abroad and at home in Dartmoor. All my journeys, whether it’s a 4-day schlepp to Pitcairn Island or a 3-week boat journey across Micronesia, begin with the local country bus #173 from my home in Chagford to Exeter, where I take the train or bus to London.

Buried Roman city mapped by technique set to revolutionise archaeology

An entire buried Roman city half the size of Pompeii has been mapped for the first time in astonishing detail by a technique of ground...

Photo Essay: Stone-faced shamans & gilded tombs - the archaeological treasures of Southwest Colo

In the wild Andes of Southwest Colombia the stone shamans of San Augustin stared maniacally back at me with wide coca-induced eyes and...

Sweaty Craic! Cycling Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way (Day 12)

Day 12: Letterkenny to Malin Head (92.6km) D-day had arrived. The final push towards Malin Head and the end of an epic end-to-end cycle...

Sweaty Craic! Cycling Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way

Day 11: Donegal to Letterkenny (90.7km) Our usual 7.15am briefing started with a prophecy of impending doom in the hotel lobby. We were...

Sweaty Craic! Cycling Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way (Day 10)

Day 10: Sligo City to Donegal (86.4km) "Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking," quoted the visionary...

Sweaty Craic! Cycling Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way (Day 9)

Day 9: Westport to Sligo City (106.2km) Firstly, a gratuitous plug for Stephen Mullane of Chain Driven Cycles - the fastest bike...

Sweaty Craic! Cycling Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way (Day 8)

Day 8: Clifden to Westport (85km) Connemara really is something special and if you don't believe me then listen to the great Irish pet,...

Sweaty Craic! Cycling Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way (day 7)

Day 7 Galway to Clifden (99.4km) We're over halfway now to completing a 12-day cycle along the Mizmal route in Western Ireland to...

Sweaty Craic! Cycling Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way (Day 6)

Day 6 Ballyvaughan to Galway City (53.8km) The pictured bottle of legendary Irish firewater known as Potcheen is a statement not of my...

Sweaty Craic! Cycling Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way (Day 5)

Day 5: Lahinch to Ballyvaughan (66.7km) If you're an Irish reader you'll probably be a bit a fed up with my rather dismal attempts at...

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