The Whole Idea....

"So, Josh, what are you plans for after graduation?" This seems to have become the staple topic of all conversations that I have had with friends and family over the past 6 months. I must admit that I am particularly guilty of asking this question myself, by virute of hoping to hear an answer similar to the one that I myself always give: "I'm not really sure".
 

The modern working world has been bombarding me with invitation emails to join Graduate Scheme X or Training programme Y for as long as I care to remember, and quite frankly I have grown tired of it. The offering of a "strategic development programme guaranteed to help me achieve my business targets" does not seem to be making things any better. As such, with some solid and refreshing advice from a fascinating and thoroughly well-lived man called Robert Twigger (more on him later) I have decided that is time to stop dreaming, and start doing.

This blog is the first step to me 'doing'. My dream is to complete a cicrcumnavigation of the globe by bike. I love cycling and I love travelling; and so the opportunity to combine these two things has often been the source of many a daydream. I plan to start this trip in Summer 2013, taking between 8-12 months to complete it, and by writing this blog and beginning to think about and share some ideas I hope that my dream can be borne into reality. Over the coming months I will be documenting videos, pictures and thoughts in relation to the trip, in order to expose to all that a trip of a life-time is a goal worth working for.

By writing I also hope that I can build up an exchange of ideas with those that will read it, so please feel free to contact me with any advice or ideas you may have for a trip. The best advice I have recived recently (credit Robert Twigger again!) is to keep telling yourself: "He's done it, and he's no better than me, so I'm going to do it too." Here's me doing it, wish me luck....