The biketour in food form

‘It fills my heart when people can just eat what they want to and there is still food left at the end’ – João Taborda 2012 Cycling up a hill towards Valli Unite this evening, just after my first ripe fig which I have been waiting for for months, I realised that it’s been a while since I wrote something and I thought that I would spend a little time collecting my biketour memories so far, using our encounters with a vast variety of foods of all shapes and sizes to help me. Apples – We woke up one morning…

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One paragraph per day…

(soon will try to upload some pictures to this post also) sunday  15 july, we said goodbye to our kind hosts of Can Piella in the morning and followed a nice road to San Pol de Mar, Iago arranged us a place to stay, the Poliesportiu municipal, and in the night we met with a orquestra band from the town and some friends of a known poet Perejaume to talk about comunity living and degrowth while we cooked our first dinner on our rocket stoves at the beach. monday 16 july, we continued following the sea, by a beautiful scenic road, and stoped…

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Biketour update for 2010-08-28

Biketour cycled its last day this year to arrive in Cologne yesterday to join the newly-formed critical mass here we doubled the numbers! # Video of protest biketour joined in Brussels: http://www.dewereldmorgen.be/video/2010/08/19/klimaatactivisten-protesteren-voor-deense-ambassade #

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Biketour update for 2010-08-24

dear cyclists At the end of this years tour we will have a party to celebrate the 20th birthday of the tour – and u all are warmly welcome # http://twitvid.com/AHCTV RT @ Ecotopia bike tour onderweg! # I uploaded a YouTube video — 20100823 ecobike tour Internet http://youtu.be/yRs-O249i-g?a # In the Netherlands & on Limburg TV highlighting some ridiculous highway plans: http://bit.ly/9LecVp & more info: http://ping.fm/7jaa3 # Groenfront and Stop-AWACS # Buitenring Parkstad # Biketour update for 2010-08-23 #

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Biketour update for 2010-08-23

In the Netherlands & on Limburg TV highlighting some ridiculous highway plans: http://bit.ly/9LecVp & more info: http://bit.ly/99GcVZ # RT @wmclimateaction: Eviction Imminent at Huntington Lane http://wp.me/pNNLC-5s UK Coal are preparing papers for a court order #

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Biketour update for 2010-08-13

Hiding from the rain right now before we cross the border into Belgium, staying tonight in Keiem, West Flanders # Spent a few days in Calais meeting migrants & activists there – shocked at the situation,Had a critical mass for solidarity for sans-papiers # We left Wales 4 weeks ago but @campcymru09 is starting today! Sorry we couldn't be there now but today we arrive in Belgium… #

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