My bike ride across America has been the start of a growing love for the work being done by the Fuller Center for Housing, a christian housing charity, based...

Day 47 - My Day Off in Peoria was made all the more enjoyable as I was allowed to go into the sanctuary and play their Steinway Grand Piano which, in the acc...

If you had been following my blogs while I cycled across America last year, you would have been suprised that the blogs suddenly stopped or were lagging beh...

Day 46 - Was a day of high temperatures again, touching over 40 degrees C, but it all started out very beautifully as we crossed the Mississippi into Illinoi...

Today was not so much about an 85 mile ride from Ottumwa to Burlington in Iowa but more about a single rider from amongst the bike adventure team who achieve...

Day 43 - Today turned out to be one of the hottest as temperatures shot up to 104 degrees fahrenheit (40 degrees C) and we struggled to churn out the miles i...

Day 41 - Today could only be described as an adventure as we were diverted from our planned route by flooding and seemed to find ourselves on the set for 'Ra...

Day 40 - Right from the outset of this adventure, I have not made it a secret that I love to play the piano. As the team will confirm, I seem to be magnetic ...

Day 38 - Today did not start that well as we were told in no uncertain terms that we could have all been arrested and imprisoned for cycling along Interstate...

Today I rode with Dan Hepp again. Dan and Cindy Hepp are a wonderful couple from Ohio and Dan and I share a number of things in common. (Other than being bo...

Day 34 - Today saw us leave the mountains behind and move on to the first US state reknowned for the plains of the Mid-West as we entered Nebraska. Monday wa...

Day 32 - Today started with a tough climb into the wind and this was where I started to put into practice some of the advice I had received about the various...

Day 30 - Nothing like celebrating independence day (4th July) with a national flag - oops!! I think it is pretty correct to say that everyone was worried abo...

Day 29 was a 'Build Day' and I was allocated to a team lead by Dan & Cindy Hepp from Ohio to work on Scotty's place. No, not the engineer/actor from Star Tre...

Day 27 - This was meant to be a 'short' ride of 64 miles but it turned into a scorcher and trial of endurance as we cycled high up in the mountains through t...

Day 25 - This started with a great surprise as we were joined for the first part of the ride by the USA Speedskating Team on their bikes, rather than their b...

Having arrived in Salt Lake City, it was time to celebrate a partnership with KT Tape, one of the principal sponsors of the Fuller Centre for Housing. KT Tap...

I knew before I set off on this adventure that there would be good days and bad days, and that endurance was the key to seeing through the trip. Boy, did I e...

Day 20 - So refreshed from our day off and the trip to Yellowstone Park, we set off with renewed vigour and anticipation from West Yellowstone towards Idaho ...

Today was a day off for the team and the chance to visit one of the over 2,000 National Parks in America. An annual pass to all these parks costs $80 unless ...