The Whole Story Belfast-2-Belfast-By-Bike Select the category to see posts from each segment of this journey. Select Category Part 1 – Africa & Middle East (15) Part 2 – Canada & USA (49) Part 3 – Almost there! (38) Type your email here: Subscribe: Read the most recent posts from the journey. 3/37 – Epilogue – Monday 06 Oct 2025 October 9, 2025 3/36: Homecoming – 01-05 Oct 2025 October 7, 2025 3/35: Ithaca, And The Palace of Odysseus – 26–30Sep October 7, 2025 3/34: Greece – 22–26 Sep September 28, 2025 3/33 – Ancient Turkey – 18/19 Sep 2025 September 22, 2025 3/32 – Turkey: To The Seaside – 15-17 Sep 2025 September 21, 2025 3/31 – Turkey: Borders and Tolls – 12 -14 Sep 2025 September 20, 2025 3/30 – Iraq – 07-11 Sep 2025 September 11, 2025 3/29 – It’s Just As I Imagined – 02-06 Sep 2025 September 8, 2025 3/28 – The End Has Begun – 30/31 Aug 2025 September 1, 2025 3/27 – Homeward Bound – 30 Aug – ?? Oct 2025 August 28, 2025 3/26 – Dubai, UAE – Sat 07 – Tue 17 Jun 2025 June 17, 2025 3/25 – Pakistan Part 4: Departure – Thur 28 May – Sat 07 Jun June 8, 2025 3/24 – Pakistan Part 3 – Sun 25 – Friday 29 May June 7, 2025 3/23 – Pakistan Part 2 – 21-24 May 2025 June 6, 2025 3/22 – Pakistan Part 1: Baptism by Fire 16–20 May 2025 June 1, 2025 3/21 – A Tiresome Journey and A Comparison – 11-15 May May 23, 2025 3/20 – Mumbai And A Wee Bit Of India: 5-11 May 2025 May 15, 2025 3/19 – Leaving “Oegygia” – 01-04 May 2025 May 10, 2025 3/18 (Part 2) – April Has Disappeared – 01-30 April 2025 May 6, 2025 3/18 (Part 1) – Getting it All Together – 01-24 April 2025 April 27, 2025 3/17 – Initial Repairs – 27-31 March 2025 April 5, 2025 03/16 – Belfast, Victoria – 24-27 March 2025 March 27, 2025 3/15 – Doing The Time – 10-21 March 2025 March 23, 2025 3/14 – The Road To Recovery Begins – 3-9 March 2025 March 9, 2025 3/13 – Belfast-2-Belfast On Hold – 03 Mar 2025 March 3, 2025 03/12 – The Missing Week, Central Otago – 23 Feb–01 Mar 2025 February 28, 2025 3/11 – Otago – 16-22 Feb 2025 February 27, 2025 3/10 – Tekapo to Dunedin 14-15 Feb 2025 February 17, 2025 3/09 – Belfast, Canterbury, New Zealand – 11/12 Feb 2025 February 13, 2025 3/08 – My First Traffic Stop! – 08/10 Feb 2025 February 11, 2025 3/07 – Ups, Downs, And Finally On My Way! – Mon 03 – Fri 07 Feb 2025 February 7, 2025 3/06 – Getting it Right – Mon 27 – Fri 31 Jan 2025 February 5, 2025 3/05 – It’ll Be All Right In The End … 23-26 Jan 2025 February 2, 2025 3/04 – A Cylinder Head & A Cracked Pot – 18-23 Jan 2025 January 26, 2025 3/03 – Reunited, And It Feels So Good – 14-17 Jan 2025 January 18, 2025 3/02 – Getting to New Zealand – 10-13 Jan 2024 January 16, 2025 3/01 – How hard can it be? Departure No 4 – 10 Jan 2024 January 10, 2025 2/49 – The Final Word (for now) – 05-14 Oct 2024 October 14, 2024 2/48 – The Last Leg – 30 Sep-04 Oct October 13, 2024 2/47 – Oregon and Highway 101 – 26-29 Sep 2024 October 13, 2024 2/46 – The Penultimate Belfast, Washington: 25 Sep 20 September 27, 2024 2/45 – Up and Running Again – 24-25 Sep 2024 September 26, 2024 2/44 – Coldstream, The Waiting Game: 20-23 Sep 2024 September 24, 2024 2/43 – Coldstream Revisited: 17-20 Sep 2024 September 20, 2024 2/42 – Goodbye Coldstream… almost! 6-16 Sep 2024 September 18, 2024 2/41 – From Yellowstone to Coldstream: 02–05 Sep 2024 September 15, 2024 2/40 – Yellowstone National Park: 30 Aug-01 Sep 2024 September 11, 2024 2/39 – Across the High Plains and into the Mountains: 28/29 Aug 2024 August 30, 2024 2/38 – A weekend off: 24-28 Aug 2024 August 28, 2024 2/37 – Belfast Nebraska: 21-24 Aug 2024 August 27, 2024 2/36 – Belfast Minnesota: 17-20 Aug 2024 August 25, 2024 2/35 – Belfast Missouri: 15/16 August 2024 August 20, 2024 2/34 – Belfast, Arkansas: 12/14 Aug 2024 August 16, 2024 2/33 – Belfast Tennessee: 09-11 Aug 2024 August 14, 2024 2/32 – Belfast South Carolina: 05–09 Aug 2024 August 13, 2024 2/31 – Belfast North Carolina & Georgia – July 31-Aug 04 August 9, 2024 2/30 – Belfast Virginia: 29/30 July 2024 August 7, 2024 2/29 – At last: back on the road! – 27/28 June 2024 August 3, 2024 2/28 – Repairing the bike – 18/22 July 2024 July 30, 2024 2/27 – Frustrations and Delays – 23 July 2024 July 24, 2024 2/26 – Going back, for better or for worse – 17/18 July July 20, 2024 2/25 – A Musical(?) Journey -22/24 Jun July 12, 2024 2/24 – Getting It Back Together – 15-21 June 2024 June 24, 2024 2/23 – The Clouds Part – 13/14 June 2024 June 19, 2024 2/22 – Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall – 11 June 2024 June 17, 2024 2/21 – Ohio’s Disappearing Belfasts – 08-10 June 2024 June 16, 2024 2/20 – Getting to Ohio – 06/07 June 2024 June 15, 2024 2/19 – Gettysburg and Belfast, Fulton County, PA – 04-05 June 2024 June 14, 2024 2/18 – Back to Pennsylvania – 30 May – 04 June 2024 June 12, 2024 2/17 – Rip-Off in Maryland: 23-30 May 2024 June 9, 2024 2/16 – NY to Belfast, PA: 20-22 May 2024 June 5, 2024 2/15 – Belfast NY & Cattaraugus – 17-20 May 2024 June 2, 2024 2/14 – Niagara Falls Back to USA – 15/16 May 2024 May 28, 2024 2/13 – Belfast Ontario – 14/15 May 2024 May 28, 2024 2/12 – Back to Canada: Bethany, Ontario – 10-14 May 25, 2024 2/11 – New Hampshire – 04-10 May 2024 May 14, 2024 2/10 – Belfast Maine – 04 May 2024 May 12, 2024 2/9 – Prince Edward Island to USA – 26–30 April 2024 May 10, 2024 2/8 – John Smith’s Mermaid May 7, 2024 2/7 – Prince Edward Island May 6, 2024 2/6 – The Cabot Trail – 21/22 April 2024 April 28, 2024 2/5 – Cape Breton – 20 April 2024 April 27, 2024 2/4 – Departures 3 …. and 4 – 19 April 2024 April 22, 2024 2/3 – Departure 2 – 15 April 2024 April 18, 2024 2/2 – Departure 1 – 02 April 2024 April 18, 2024 2/1 – Prologue February 5, 2024 1/37 – FROM THE SEA TO THE MOUNTAINS – 05-12 Dec 2019 December 15, 2019 01/13 – MALAWI 2 – 04 – 06 June 2019 June 8, 2019 01/12 – MALAWI 1 – 02-04 June 2019 June 5, 2019 01/11 – MOZAMBIQUE 3 – 02 June 2019 June 3, 2019 01/10 – ON THE ROAD AGAIN! – 01 June 2019 June 3, 2019 01/09 – Mozambique 2 – 24-30 April- May 10, 2019 01/08 – Mozambique 1 – 03 May May 7, 2019 1/07 – ACROSS THE START LINE –28 April 2019 May 1, 2019 1/06 – Belfast, Mpumalanga, RSA – 20-22 Apr 2019 April 25, 2019 1/05 – INTERLUDE: GRADUATION DAY, 14 April 2019 April 20, 2019 01/04 – GWERU – PRETORIA – 29 March – 02 April 2019 April 3, 2019 1/03 – FINALLY, IT’S D-DAY! – 28 March 2019 March 29, 2019 1/02 -THE BEGINNING – 24 Mar 2019 March 1, 2019