Posts tagged Cycle touring
Househunting with David Bowie
Househunting with David Bowie

Switzerland - country number three! David Bowie lived here on and off for twenty years so we thought we'd track down some of the houses he lived in by bike...

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David Bowie, Adventure, Cycle touring, TravelJames BriggsSwitzerland, Geneva, Lake Geneva, le lac, David Bowie, Angie Bowie, ziggy stardust, Cuckoo, swiss chalet, cycling, bicycle touring, Cycle touring, bike packing, househunting, Jura mountains, Alps, Skiing, David Bowie houses, Bowie Switzerland, Eurovelo 17, Euro, ViaRhôna
Bowie's Barcelona
Bowie's Barcelona

For Bowie’s Bowie first ever gig on the Spanish mainland there was swings, telephones, spoken word song introductions, blinding visuals and backing dancers all embroidered together for the largest touring set ever. Bowie thought of it as taking a musical on the road.

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Music, Life on Mars, David Bowie, Cycling, Cycle touring, TravelJames BriggsDavid Bowie, Bowie Forever, Cycling, Travel, Bike packing, Bike touring, concerts, music, Barcelona, adventure, Glass Spider tour, Never Let Me Down, Sound and Vision, Catalonia, Cycle touring
It's a god awful small affair
It's a god awful small affair

In 1969 David Robert Jones went to the Beckenham Recreation Ground bandstand and sat down to write a song. Life on Mars? would go on to become one of his most iconic songs and one of the greatest of the 20th century. It would also inspire me to cycle one of its lyrics, ‘From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads.’ The following pictures and diary entries are the story of that trip.

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James BriggsDavid Bowie, Cycling, Life on Mars, Bowie Forever, Beckenham, Bike packing, Cycle touring, Velo, David Robert Jones, From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads, Music, Song lyricsComment