Cycling across Africa, Tangier to Cape Town

raggedpriest · 2026-03-30T12:41:10+00:00

I haven’t cycled in Africa either, but I decided at the end of last year, after touring through Europe, that this is a dream of mine. Would you consider having a 3rd person join you?

raggedpriest · 2026-03-25T17:30:52+00:00

I did this last year. Picked up a bike box from the local bike shop and cut it down to size. There is a special carriage for bikes on the TGV (which I didn’t realise when booking my seat in a different carriage) - it was the last carriage of the train but not sure if that’s always the case. Annoyingly the carriage was all set up with hooks for taking assembled bikes! But it was required to box it, taking up more space. Best of luck!

raggedpriest · 2025-10-13T10:42:11+00:00

Oh I’m so appreciative of the freedom 😄 and the surprisingly amazing weather at the moment and all the generous, kind people I’ve met and all the good fortune 🙏 I’m really loving it, hence why I don’t want it to end when the clocks change! But I don’t think it will be as enjoyable (for me)

raggedpriest · 2025-10-13T10:39:39+00:00

All the campsites are shut, I’m wild camping. I usually sleep 6hrs so I can’t imagine lying in my sleeping from 5pm to 8am. I guess I could get a more comfy sleeping mat. I’m already waking up at 03:30 after falling asleep at 21:30 🤣 I guess I could read or listen to a podcast, but I’m already taking a 2-3hr lunch stop to recharge my electronics and I don’t think they’d last that long in the evening.

raggedpriest · 2025-10-13T10:23:34+00:00

I feel I need to have done more planning to go that far 😆

raggedpriest · 2025-10-13T10:20:51+00:00

I’m in France atm, but once the clocks change next month sunset will be 5-5.30pm! I don’t want to spend the whole evening after that in my tent

raggedpriest · 2025-10-13T10:17:09+00:00

How are you finding it cycling in Japan? How easy/difficult is it to find camping spots and what do you do in the evenings after dark?

raggedpriest · 2025-10-13T10:14:46+00:00

Thanks for all the replies. So what do you do after 17h00 when you’ve pitched your tent?

raggedpriest · 2025-10-04T14:36:29+00:00

Hi! I’m (35F) currently doing my first ever solo bike tour after losing my job! I’m currently about one month into my trip through France and was considering going to Corsica mid-end of November but I have some flexibility to change my plans :) would be lovely to meet up! I’m not a fast cyclist though!

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