Steve pulled in, big grin.
“Looks like you’d serve tea here.”

He wears glasses that are turtle shell with a solid bridge that splits into two flat metal bars, connecting the space between his eyes
with a golden double line.

He talks fast and kindly. He rides for 10 days per year on a variety of bikes and is currently exploring the UK to see his country.

This time he’s on a Brompton fold up bike, which under his control transforms into the solid weight of a Harley Davidson. The fold up gets him around countries whilst also allowing him to hop on a bus or plane.

Steve mentions the first time he goes on a bike trip like this is when his wife had an injury about 10 years ago.
His first forray into cycling was when he lived in Ireland. He set out to cycle all of it and his first weekend reminisces on how he did 50 miles and felt it was the most overwhelmingly insane thing he’d ever done. Now he’s cycled over 30000km in the past few years.

It seems he prefers the speed and distance he gets from the biking, and that perhaps walking reminds him much of the past, carrying heavy packs in the Army.

He now works as an independent IT consultant and the work requires a balance of being inside his mind and outside of himself, the biking and travel he says is the total opposite of his normal job.

It’s about totally being in the present, he doesn’t plan, this time, just gets on his bike with a destination in mind and moves towards it.
Steve grew up Christian. One of the first things he did was join the army and go to war and mentioning it his face becomes softer.

He’s been buddhist for around 10 years and shares his wisdom and experience about life, relationships, religion and work.

from what steves says i understand something like the following:
Stress is an internal process, the key thing in any business is managing incoming to the outgoing, it’s like money, if you are spending more than you’re making that it won’t be sustainable.

It could be seen as a transactional view of the world, though something about the way it leaves Steve’s body says “it’s okay, it’s just the truth.”

Steve jokes about his wife. She’s just broken her arm whilst he’s on the trip, silly old bag. He loves her in his everything, she’s the one for him comes out boldly in his smile.

She tells him to get out on the trip because it will help clear his mind.
Steve’s fluorescent jacket coats his top half comfortably, and I wonder about the the many beautiful places he’s been, of all the people he’s met.

Everything outside is you being told, when it comes from within its just telling it. Something Steve says.
He leaves without effort in his peddling and softly as he came.

Thank you Steve, keep well and safe travels.