Ride Earth

Episode Four of the Ride Earth video podcast is now available for viewing. Road Kill Duck for dinner and Tom suffers his first injury, tensions in the group continue to rise as Tom and Andy take it in turns to get lost. The boys meet the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) and get some insight into local climate change.

You can subscribe for free on iTunes or watch on the podcast page at www.ride-earth.org.uk/podcast/episode-four-switzerland-to-austria.

If you have any feedback about the podcast series, please email us on talk@stringfilms.com!

The String Films Team

Episode Three of the Ride Earth video podcast is now available to download! Sorting out their differences and changing the route, Andy, Tom and Mark cycle east, pick plums, make Jam, and sleep in some unusual places.

You can subscribe for free on iTunes or watch on the podcast page at www.ride-earth.org.uk/podcast/episode-three-amsterdam-to-switzerland/.

If you have any feedback about the podcast series, please drop us a line on talk@stringfilms.com!

The String Films Team

Another day on the road. I drink a large coffee, pack the trailer and panniers pedal on to the next big adventure. Each new experience is challenging my preconceptions and leaving me with an excitement and anticipation for the next one.

The most difficult thing so far is the challenge of working in a team and sharing responsibilities as a group, taking into account three sets of ideas. However it is ultimately a very rewarding experience.

What is completely unexpected is the amount of hospitality we have received. (more…)

Tom here, checking in from the French Alps. I’m writing this from my cosy flat at the back of a ski shop in the traditional forestry commune of Les Gets, now a thriving ski resort. At least, it is now - last week the resort was officially closed due to a lack of snow. This has been the mildest Alpine winter on record, making the headlines in the UK, where the media have pounced on it as another opportunity for doom-mongery. Don’t go to the Alps! No snow in France! Etc…

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