The Long Way Round

A Partridge Penedesenca rooster with gold, russet and black plumage in a faded cream merino cycling jersey with a navy band, perched on a stone balustrade on a hilltop terrace above a Mediterranean city, a pale blue steel road bicycle leaning against the balustrade below him, umbrella pines and the sea in the distance

Montjuïc, the Second Morning

Three weeks of road lie ahead, and they have chosen to begin in another country entirely, which he respects. Anyone can start where they mean to finish; it takes a certain conviction to set off from somewhere else.

5 July 2026