First Border Crossing! Bikepacking Across Europe Ep.2

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  • Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
  • We cross our first country border from England to France while bike packing across Europe, from London to Istanbul. We get rescued from the rain and sleep in a complete strangers backyard. The kindness of strangers on this biking journey is amazing!
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    About us: We are Liz and Alex, a married couple that makes outdoor adventure and travel videos. We strongly believe that dreams are meant to be pursued, and we hope to motivate others to get outside their comfort zones and do the same. We are full-time nomads and divide up our time between traveling abroad and the other part of the time in our self converted van all the while fitting in loads of outdoor-based adventure along the way! Our goal is to show you amazing places and inspire you to get outside your comfort zone and pursue your dreams...whatever they may be.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 42

  • @jonathanbenn2241
    @jonathanbenn2241 7 місяців тому +12

    Bike touring is an eating event with a cycling problem.

  • @Merlin-fl7vy
    @Merlin-fl7vy Місяць тому +2

    Wow when you dropped your wallet, that could have been so bad! Phew 😊 I apologise for our English weather and wonky roads.
    Really enjoying your videos, watching them while out on my own bike and having breaks.

    • @PursuingMountains
      @PursuingMountains  Місяць тому

      That’s awesome that you are watching them on your bike! Glad you are enjoying the videos :)

  • @schiaucugabriel6202
    @schiaucugabriel6202 4 місяці тому

    What time of the year was when you started the trip? It was springtime?

  • @bodmacity
    @bodmacity 10 місяців тому +3

    Loving this series already and it's only part 2 🙂. You guys were in my neck of the woods in the last episode. Looking forward to the next one 👍.

    • @PursuingMountains
      @PursuingMountains  10 місяців тому +1

      Aww thank you so much! This really motivates us to keep putting these together :)

  • @hana-yt5yh
    @hana-yt5yh 10 місяців тому +4

    love these vids so much! looking forward to more episodes :)

    • @PursuingMountains
      @PursuingMountains  10 місяців тому

      Aww Thank you!! ☺️☺️ Helps to motivate us 🙌🏼

  • @kevinw1129
    @kevinw1129 10 місяців тому +3

    Loving your videos. Can only imagine how many episodes it’s going to take to get to Istanbul! 50+!😱

    • @PursuingMountains
      @PursuingMountains  10 місяців тому +2

      We are overwhelmed by how much content we have! I think it’s over 2.5 TB! We filmed more initially because it was so new to us, but gradually filmed less.

    • @kevinw1129
      @kevinw1129 10 місяців тому +1

      @@PursuingMountains You’ve made a great job of splicing it all together. 👏

  • @Chasingthesun2019
    @Chasingthesun2019 4 місяці тому +2

    Cool vids and interested in your visors. Where’d you get them?

    • @PursuingMountains
      @PursuingMountains  4 місяці тому +1

      Thanks! We got them from Dabrim. They’ve been awesome. We have the Rezzo visor 4 inch. We have a limited time discount code if you want to get anything from their website for 10% off: PMbrim10

    • @Chasingthesun2019
      @Chasingthesun2019 4 місяці тому +1

      @@PursuingMountains thank you so very much. Really enjoying the vids and the adventures.

  • @Whateverworkz
    @Whateverworkz 7 місяців тому +2

    homie lost his wallet??!?! thats crazy, good eye for seeing it fall!

  • @JamesDowningChapters
    @JamesDowningChapters 7 місяців тому +4

    Glad you enjoyed it here in the UK :)

  • @bvdv47
    @bvdv47 10 місяців тому +2

    Looking forward to seeing what you think of Belgium, my home country.

    • @PursuingMountains
      @PursuingMountains  10 місяців тому +1

      Thanks! We loved Belgium as you’ll see in the next couple videos.

  • @JamesSeale2575
    @JamesSeale2575 10 місяців тому +1

    Bloody hell, that’s not the usual way. Why not Newhaven- Dieppe? Great photos right on my doorstep. I saw sittingbourne bearstead and white horse wood

    • @PursuingMountains
      @PursuingMountains  10 місяців тому +1

      We were trying to go the more adventurous way 🤷‍♂️. I don’t think I’d go that way again, but it was nice to see.

  • @antoniocruz8083
    @antoniocruz8083 5 місяців тому

    To carry all your gear on a backpack is as ridiculous as the following. Back when people only rode donkeys someone was spotted riding a donkey carrying a bag of mellons over his shoulder bearing the weight of the mellons. When asked why not strap the bag to the donkey's back he answers that he doesn't want to overburden the donkey. Your traditional setup with panniers is the most practical and, as you showed, it doesn't have to be heavy, without cameras. Let the cool people use their hip setup, take tons of time to reach for a jacket or food and carry the mellons on their back.

  • @jeanpabon2948
    @jeanpabon2948 8 місяців тому +2

    hooked on episode 1, excited for whats to come!

    • @PursuingMountains
      @PursuingMountains  8 місяців тому +1

      Aww that’s so awesome to hear! We just posted episode 12 so there’s lots you can catch up on 🙌🏼

  • @grahamcastle8189
    @grahamcastle8189 10 місяців тому

    Yes the cycling infrastructure in the UK is poor generally with far too little separation of cyclists from motor transport. Going to be interesting to see how other countries fare. Oh - you insulted 5.5 miliion Scots. Scotland is not part of England! The UK is made up of four Countries (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland).

    • @PursuingMountains
      @PursuingMountains  10 місяців тому +3

      I don’t recall us saying anything about scottland being part of England in the video…? If it seemed that way, we definitely didn’t mean it that way! We are very aware they are different. We’ve made friends while traveling in a several different countries in the UK :) Scotland is super high on our bucket list too.

    • @OliverLeaverSmith
      @OliverLeaverSmith 10 місяців тому +1

      @grahamcastle8189 you probaby misheard at 19:26 where Liz says "Scotland and England"?

  • @kkadventures7252
    @kkadventures7252 10 місяців тому +1

    Loving the videos! Looking forward to the next episode.

  • @kevbutler81
    @kevbutler81 10 місяців тому

    Thats some hard bikeing, in personal experience the rain over there is brutal!
    Its a different cold and the "little" hills seem to go on forever.

  • @Richard_Johnson69
    @Richard_Johnson69 9 місяців тому

    UK is worst place for getting your bike stolen. Glad you got out with your bikes

    • @PursuingMountains
      @PursuingMountains  9 місяців тому

      Really?! We are good about keeping our eyes on our bikes and taking turns shopping etc which helps I think.

  • @adhdnatedog
    @adhdnatedog 9 місяців тому

    😊

  • @leapintothewild
    @leapintothewild 10 місяців тому

    comment for the YT algorithms 🙂

  • @dipakgawande-t7f
    @dipakgawande-t7f 9 місяців тому

  • @David_a_journeyman_curmudgeon
    @David_a_journeyman_curmudgeon 10 місяців тому

    Epic!