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A DIABETIC ON A BIKE RIDING TO PLACES

A diabetic with a bike and a tent take on a whole world of travels, mostly solo and unsupported.

Category: Diabetes

Lancet – The Most Advanced Bike in the World?!

7th May 201715th May 2017 AllanBike

I’ve been a little busy in the shed again, this is the end result (click to enlarge):

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Going Old School!

9th December 20159th January 2016 AllanBlog

It started out as I left my test strips at home so I didn’t have any on me, and frankly couldn’t be bothered riding home in monsoon type weather to get them. Anyhooo decided that why not[…]

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JDRF Discovery Day

JDRF Type 1 Discovery Day – Newcastle

21st November 20158th January 2016 AllanBlog

I received an invite off the JDRF to go to Newcastle to speak about riding a bike on my crazy rides and handling it being T1D at the Newcastle Type 1 Discovery Day. Being the[…]

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When Great Ideas End Up In Utter Failure!

29th October 20159th January 2016 AllanDiabetes

It’s going to be a very memorable birthday (and yes it was a big one) is probably the best way to describe it. The plan, midnight to midnight, Big Ben to Eiffel Tower in under[…]

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mHealth Grand Tour

mHealth Grant Tour – Brussels to Paris to Geneva

16th September 201510th January 2016 AllanBlog

On Thursday 20th August, I received a telephone call from the JDRF enquiring if I would like to do a ride for them. Answering yes without thinking about it, they went on to explain they[…]

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Travelling as a Type 1

18th May 2015 AllanBlog

So I’m off on a little flight off to Sweden for a long weekend with friends. The original plan was to ride back from Stockholm via Copenhagen, Hamburg and Amsterdam. Sadly though LM’s frame is[…]

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What if?!

11th March 201512th March 2015 AllanBlog

Was a conversation today on Twitter which really made me think. It all started off due to the Diabetes Professional Conference down in London, but what got me thinking was about the possibilities of cures.[…]

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Medtronic 640G Pump Fliddling

10th March 201512th March 2015 AllanDiabetes

Went down to the Lancaster i Pumps tonight. Got out of work and utterly blitzed it home. Got to Penrith with spare time and even got to the meeting early. One of those nights I[…]

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PWDC15

7th March 20158th March 2015 AllanBlog

Well, I got up at the quiet frankly awful hour of 4am to get a train to Nottingham. The wind had the trees sideways, the hail was pounding down so I must admit that I[…]

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First time I’ve had DKA – Don’t want it again!

9th October 201414th February 2015 AllanBlog

Well, first time for everything and all that. But DKA finally paid me a visit in all 34 years of dealing with this. And frankly still annoyed over it. The day started pretty well. Early[…]

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