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		<title>The Loaded Touring Bike Website is Reborn</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ron Wheeler created and now runs one of the most successful cycle touring websites, possibly because it&#8217;s based on a very simple idea. Here&#8217;s part of Ron&#8217;s story about The Loaded Touring Bike site: As a long time bicycle tourer and photographer, I had an early vision of such a site, though little knowledge in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=touringblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9707252&amp;post=900&amp;subd=touringblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Great Cycling Photos from around the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First post since mid-November! Many apologies but until a new CTC touring bod gets going, it&#8217;s not going to happen. Until then, the very occasional blog will be published, like this link to a great set of photos. Enjoy! http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/3240/articles/cycling-photos-from-around-the-world/ (I should mention that the photo on the right is not one of the &#8216;great [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=touringblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9707252&amp;post=893&amp;subd=touringblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cycling the Mississippi</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some reports of a 500 mile bike ride down the Mississippi River from its source to Dubuque, Iowa. It&#8217;s nice folksy tale which you should pass on to anyone who thinks that undertaking something of this magnitude is just for the tougher types among us. http://www.turnagaintimes.com/current%20issue/2011-09-01/mississippi-bike-trip.html http://www.turnagaintimes.com/current%20issue/2011-09-15/mississippi-bike-trip.html http://www.turnagaintimes.com/current%20issue/2011-10-06/mississippi-bike-trip.html http://www.turnagaintimes.com/current%20issue/2011-10-20/mississippi-bike-trip.html http://www.turnagaintimes.com/current%20issue/2011-11-03/mississippi-bike-trip.html If every reader [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=touringblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9707252&amp;post=879&amp;subd=touringblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cycle Tours in 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the course of the next few weeks tour programmes for next year will be released by CTC, not to mention numerous other tour companies. Adventure Cycling already have theirs out; our old friends, the Russian Cycle Touring Club, have just been in touch to advise us of their tours next year.  CTC members receive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=touringblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9707252&amp;post=874&amp;subd=touringblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More on Cycle Rallies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friends Steve and Anni Gregson write: Mark, some more rally info. I also know that the Germans and Danes have annual rallies but I do not know any web-sites for them.    All over Europe, including the UK with its Birthday Rides, there are excellent weeks of well organised cycle touring organised by experienced club [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=touringblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9707252&amp;post=869&amp;subd=touringblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Berlin Wall Cycle Tour</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I was a plagiarist, I certainly wouldn&#8217;t be admitting to it, but one has to get ideas from somewhere, and where better than Adventure Cycling&#8217;s Bike Bits which is similar in nature to Cycle Clips.  In a recent issue there&#8217;s a piece about a good new hostel in Berlin called the 3 Little Pigs, conveniently [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=touringblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9707252&amp;post=866&amp;subd=touringblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Free Camping in France!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That word &#8216;free&#8217; usually succeeds in grabbing the attention. Precious little is free these days but plonking your tent down where it&#8217;s not going to upset anyone, and enjoying a peaceful night at no cost, is one of life&#8217;s great pleasures. Cicerone&#8217;s guide, Lightweight Camping, has been blogged here before, but here are a few [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=touringblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9707252&amp;post=863&amp;subd=touringblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting to your European Destination by Train</title>
		<link>http://touringblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/getting-to-your-european-destination-by-train/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MarkW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t considered the train as a means of getting to the start of your next cycle tour abroad, perhaps you should. City Nightline do it very well and it&#8217;s a joy to see all those mentions of cycle carriage being permitted. Check out their website: http://www.citynightline.de/citynightline/view/en/index.shtml Filed under: Public Transport<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=touringblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9707252&amp;post=858&amp;subd=touringblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Willie J Machin&#8217;s End to End</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ This is just a bit of fun, but you never know, it may turn into something useful. And if it doesn&#8217;t just be entertained. Check out the individual sections of video. Willie J Machin, the star of the show, is up to video 8 and he&#8217;s arriving in Edinburgh. The previous seven videos &#8211; I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=touringblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9707252&amp;post=850&amp;subd=touringblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top Tips for Travelling in Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MarkW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Quite one of the best blogs around at the moment is Peter Gostelow&#8217;s &#8216;Big Africa Cycle&#8217;. He&#8217;s just blogged a long list of do&#8217;s and don&#8217;t's which are definitely worth a look, even if you&#8217;re not planning on a trip there in the immediate future. They&#8217;re a bit of an eye opener, that&#8217;s for sure. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=touringblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9707252&amp;post=844&amp;subd=touringblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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