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Alan McWilliams went mountain biking
October 6, 2026 at 06:25
The Sound of Silence
01:59
31.0km
15.6km/h
54.4km/h
680m
690m
Something is missing from this ride. There are no photographs, no account of what I saw, no explanation for the tracks I chose or the places I stopped. Only a line across the Cretan landscape and a collection of statistics that reveal precisely where I went, but almost nothing about what happened along the way. For someone who normally turns every ride into a story, often disappearing into days of historical investigation, this is a rather curious departure. And it is not an oversight. Ten rides have now passed in silence. Why have I stopped telling their stories? Has the landscape ceased to interest me, have I run out of things to say, or is there something rather more deliberate behind it all? The answer lies in a story about Crete, curiosity, and the unexpected pleasure of leaving a few questions unanswered.
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