Seek Travel Ride: Bikepacking Turkey with two toddlers
Seek Travel Ride: Bikepacking Turkey with two toddlers
As heard on Seek Travel Ride, hosted by Bella Molloy, on 27 October 2026.
In this midweek episode, I share a contributed audio update recorded before our Turkey adventure. I talk about rebuilding my life after my cycling accident, moving from desert motorcycle races to a challenge I can share with my daughter, and preparing to travel with Tori Williams and our toddlers.
The feature also explains our fundraiser for Leukaemia UK in memory of Tori’s mum, Wendy, and why making room for adventure matters to us as mothers. My introduction begins around 10:09, followed by my story. This is an audio feature within a wider episode, rather than a full-length interview.
Listen to Bikepacking Turkey with Two Toddlers: Vanessa Ruck + Your Worst Mechanicals.
I’m Vanessa Ruck, The Girl On A Bike: a motivational speaker, motorcycle racer, adventurer and mum living with chronic pain. Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok.
The Girl On A Bike thegirlonabike
I'm a bike loving, free spirited adventurer born and raised in England. Life took a turn in 2014. In a single moment life as I knew it was taken away by the momentary lapse in judgement of a red-light-jumping car while I was cycling. My recovery to fitness took a little over 7 years with 7 major surgeries and since that day I've made it my goal to make the most out of life. My biggest goal is to help encourage others to get up and get out there. It doesn’t matter what it is, but we all start somewhere and if I can do it, so can you! Let’s make the most of life, what we do have around us and have fun doing it.
