PEDALLING THE PLANET

Serving as a paramedic in London during Covid left Pat exhausted.  So he decided to take some time out – and cycle from London to Melbourne!  18 months and 13,000 miles later he describes his journey. Read on to hear his adventures.  Pat has attended philosophy classes both in London and Australia.

Pat called his bike Frieda, a play on ‘freed’!

Pedalling the Planet

Pat Tibballs, Melbourne, Australia

In 2023 I decided to call it quits, leave my job, pack my worldly belongings and start pedalling. I had moved to the UK in 2015 to work as a Paramedic for the London Ambulance Service and had enjoyed many beautiful opportunities. Travelling and meeting incredible people enabled me to grow as a person. I had enjoyed adventures with friends on many short cycling trips and the idea to try something bigger had been floated on occasion. Now I finally decided to roll with it.

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