Welcome to the Schindlers on Tour Blog
The posts on here are our own real life experiences, nothing more, nothing less. They’re our memory bank to look back on when we’re old and weary! We would love it if some of them inspire you to make memories of your own.
Our Latest Blog Posts
How we travelled from Portrush to Auckland with bicycles
How we travelled from Portrush to Auckland with bicycles Let's start by saying we are travelling from Portrush to Auckland with our bicycles packed...
Packing our bikes for air travel
Packing our bikes for air travel With only four full days left before we fly out its time for packing our bikes for air travel. This is our first...
Bike Touring Dress Rehearsal
Today was the day we packed the panniers and went for a bike touring practice ride pretty much fully loaded. No doubt we will change things around...
Choosing a tent for bike touring
Choosing a tent for bike touring Perhaps it's an age thing, but when choosing a tent for bike touring, our first prerequisite was space, closely...
Bike Touring – our essential tool kit
Bike Touring - our essential tool kit A tool kit is an essential for any bike tour. There are some must have items we will need to carry with us in...
How we chose our touring bikes
How we chose our touring bikes Choosing touring bikes for our first ever cycling tour to New Zealand was a tad daunting. It took a bit of time and...
Next up – New Zealand on bicycles
Planning our return to New Zealand No its not an April Fools joke! The time is right to start planning our long overdue return trip to New...
My Comrades Marathon 2010
I don’t intend for this Comrades Marathon story to be a step-by-step account of the whole 89kms/56 miles because that is an awful lot of steps to...
There won’t be snow in Africa this Christmas
Well the chances of snow in Africa this Christmas are slim where we are! The sun is shining, the wind is blowing and it is around 24 Celsius today...
Pirates Creek
We moved into our new place in Pirates Creek, East London, on Friday 16 December. After cleaning it for two days it now feels more like home. We are...
Schools’ out for summer
It didn’t take us long to realise that the school holidays had started once we had left De Aar and ventured into the Western Cape. Our next stop was...
A New SA Record……Almost
Well here I am again, it is my turn to fill you in with our recent story. The only real reason it is my turn is that most of it concerns...
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