Christine Armstrong - Has just returned from 2 years cycling the world!

Christine and her husband Stephen, have always loved to cycle and cycling has played a huge part in their lives. During this podcast Christine shares more about how she got into cycling, why they decided to pack up and head off on an adventure of a lifetime!

Show notes

• Why Christine reached out to me
• Why she started cycling
• Her first cycling adventure!
• Meeting her husband and their join love for cycling
• Starting to take regular cycling holidays
• Having children and going on holiday with them to Northern Europe
• The cycle holiday that stands out to her
• Getting the idea to cycle the world - how the idea first started..
• Giving themselves 16/17 months to prepare
• Why the world!
• One year or two years?!
• Who they told first and their reaction!
• Her friends and what they said!
• “How are you going to manage being with your husband everyday?”
• Getting married in 1984 
• Did she have any fears/worries before the trip?
• Being - Flexible
• The planning….
• The start and how she was feeling..
• Getting into their routine by day 2!
• The challenges she faces… breaking her arm
• Taking a 5 month break
• Deciding where to go next…
• The challenges of cycling in New Zealand
• The daily routine while on the road
• The challenges of cycling in Japan
• Advice for women who want to go on a big cycling trip
• Deciding to come home
• Plans to head back to South America
• Settling back into home life!
• Blogging about their adventure!
• Final words of advice!

 

 

Blog

http://www.christineandstephen.co.uk

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