Candy Cranks

Hi, My name is Annabel and technically I´m a vagrant.

Until recently I had a cushy public servant job in the arts and rode a fixie around Sydney. I´m not really an outdoorsy type yet I´ve thrown it all in to cycle around Europe.  My two previous experiences of cycle touring have been mixed.  Both were around Australia´s wine growing regions,  because for me bikes and wine seemed like a good combination. However halfway through both tours my ex boyfriend decided to adhere to a strict tour de france style training regieme (and regimented G.I diet) while on the road. This detracted somewhat from what I had planned to be a leisurely/hedonistic trip through parts of Australia. Afterwards I was  ambivalent to the idea of cycle touring.

However a few years on and a new spunky* Canadian boyfriened in tow, I decided to give cycle touring another go. This time I´ll be going around Spain, France and Italy. I´ve packed my life into two Panniers and a handle bar bag and have bought a red camping dress. (Such things exist)

I´m ready for anything.
Will I survive the Pyrennees?
Will I still be on speaking terms with the Canadian in three months time?    and
Are nix “hot or not” in Paris?
stay tuned…

*in Australia that means good looking