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Posted in on the road people restless spinster

On holiday

Project Moderation ended up being a roaring success. (Though I am uncomfortably aware that the only way I could finally manage to achieve moderation was by turning it into something…

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Emily Chappell
Posted in on the road people

Any other business

Life’s looking pretty exciting these days. In about a week, I’ll be flying (ahem) back to Hong Kong, because the Royal Geographical Society want me to talk about cycling round…

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Emily Chappell
Posted in on the road people

A road runs through it

When I say I had no meaningful encounters during my ten-day dash to get out of China, that’s not strictly true. It’s impossible to avoid meeting people in China, because…

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Emily Chappell
Posted in people Q&A restless spinster

Where are all the women?

Yesterday I had the great pleasure of lunching with Rob Lilwall (famous for Cycling Home From Siberia) and his wife Christine. (In true Chappell style, I forgot to take photos.)…

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Emily Chappell
Posted in bicycle on the road people

A bit more of Qinghai

I think the reason I fell so heartily in love with Qinghai is that, at every moment, it managed to give me exactly what I needed. For the first few…

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Emily Chappell
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Another global village

One of the things I loved most about being a cycle courier was that it turned the massive impersonal metropolis of London into a village, where several times a day…

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Emily Chappell
Posted in off the road people

Homesick in Kong Kong

The last few days have seen a bit of a sense of humour failure. I’m currently in Hong Kong, after parking my bike with a friend-of-a-friend in Lanzhou and sitting…

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Emily Chappell
Posted in off the road people

A school for change

Just after we descended from Sri Paye, a cool 2962m above sea level, and the highest any of us had even been, Mum and Dad and I were accosted by…

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Emily Chappell
Posted in off the road people restless spinster soulsearching Uncategorized

A reassuring update

Since I posted last night, I’ve received a great deal of sound advice and wisdom from a great many people. (Thank you.) And perhaps I should have realized that, after…

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Emily Chappell
Posted in off the road people soulsearching

Indecision

Last night’s meeting with Col. Fazeel was productive and encouraging. He started off by recommending categorically that I take the bus, but during the course of the conversation, once he…

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Emily Chappell
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