England to China by bicycle - and back again

Locking out the desert, Huahaizi, Qinghai province, China.

I'm pleased to announce that CW is the winner of last week's Spot The Pika competition . Here is the winning entry: Carl, your pika ...

On the G215, the desert road from Dunhuang to Liuyuan, after a couple of days' rain.

Start: Luotuojuanzi, Xinjiang, China End: Hami, Xinjiang, China Distance: 63 km Time: 3'18" Avg: 19.3 k/h Max: 29.3 k/h Total: 11,9...

Start: Xingxingxia, Xinjiang, China End: Luotuojuanzi, Xinjiang, China Distance: 142 km Time: 7'54" Avg: 17.9 k/h Max: 41 k/h Total...

Start: Liuyuan, Gansu, China End: Xingxingxia, Xinjiang, China Distance: 88 km Time: 5'32" Avg: 15.9 k/h Max: 29.4 k/h Total: 11,75...

Start: Dunhuang, Gansu, China End: Liuyuan crossroads (G215/G312), Gansu, China Distance: 127 km Time: 8'11" Avg: 15.5 k/h Max: 22....

Asmund fans may be interested to know that the pink-gloved one now has his own blog at http://pinkgloves4ever.blogspot.com .   (Since the ...

0 km etc. Dunhuang is supposed to be an oasis town in the middle of the desert. Since I have been here it has been cold and drizzling solidl...

Have you been drinking, officer?

The wire beading in my rear tyre has worn through its housing. This is giving me punctures every 2 days or so - which makes a change from my...

Start: Akesai, Gansu, China End: Dunhuang, Gansu, China Distance: 79 km Time: 3'43" Avg: 21.4 k/h Max: 40 k/h Total: 11,537 km Tota...

Start: Huahaizi, Qinghai, China End: Akesai (Aksay), Gansu, China Distance: 109 km Time: 6'02" Avg: 18.2 k/h Max: 47.5 k/h Total: 1...

Start: Dachaidan, Qinghai, China End: Huahaizi, Qinghai, China Distance: 155 km Time: 10'19" Avg: 14.9 k/h Max: 39.5 k/h Total: 11,...

Start: Xitieshan Lukou, Qinghai, China End: Dachaidan (a.k.a. Daqaidam), Qinghai, China Distance: 71 km Time: 5'54" Avg: 12.1 k/h M...

Start: Golmud, Qinghai, China End: Xitieshan Lukou, Qinghai, China Distance: 124 km Time: 8'38" Avg: 14.3 k/h Max: 33 k/h Total: 11...

0km etc. You thought I was joking about those Greeks ? I think found their hide-out. Meanwhile, here is the local wildlife in action:

Happy-slapping, Golmud style. This bloke comes up to me, right, and starts clicking me with his mobicam. So I'm like, right, have some o...

A rather nice set of public-information posters in Golmud are all very much in born-again, David Cameron, Eric the Eco-Chameleon mode. Take ...

Maybe there's more to this Greek thing than I thought. Lots of Golmud shops seem to be sprouting Greek signs, all of them more-or-less ...