Day 27 – Treherne to Winnipeg. The rain is coming down steadily, the wind is picking up, there’s a chill in the air, and guess what? I’m still in the deserted Tallboys Bar/Grill/Motel, Treherne eating toast and drinking coffee. I’m packed and ready to go. I just haven’t actually managed to go yet. Today’s Distance (miles/km): 75 […]
Extra-proud Husband Extra-blog! Susie had her end of term show at Oaklands College and I couldn’t be there, for obvious reasons. She had two linocut prints displayed, and sold them both! We’re rich! Since you would never do this, Susie, I’ll do it for you. The Lino cut prints: This, Cascade, is the one I […]
As promised, and with mums’ & dads’ permission, a bit of a sing-song by the famous swinging bridge of Souris, Manitoba with Hayden, Skyla and Brendan (photo credits to Gill!)
Day 26 – Souris to Treherne. I was awoken very early this morning by a familiar sound in an unfamiliar, and unwelcome, place: peacocks wailing in the campsite. I’d seen several of these town mascots on the street last night but didn’t think they’d pay me a visit this morning. They seemed more interested in strutting […]
Day 25 Part Two – Sesquecentury, plus tax: Weyburn to Souris to celebrate raising £5,000. After leaving the Subway in Stoughton, I had an inkling that I wasn’t going to settle for an ordinary day on the bike (as if any of these days are!) when all of you had made it possible to raise […]
Day 25 Part One – Weyburn for breakfast. I awoke this morning to discover that my target of raising £5,000 had been achieved! What a belter of a start to a day on the road, and thank you all so much for making this amazing achievement possible. But I don’t want to give you that! I […]
Day 24 – Assiniboia to Weyburn. About two or three years ago I was thinking about this trip and how to approach it: tenting vs motels, heavy panniers vs credit card, doing it vs not doing it. So to get a feel for a typical day I just dropped a finger down at random on the […]
Day 23 – Ponteix to Assiniboia. Every day I drop enough trail mix (as I scoop it from my handlebar bag and eat it while I ride along) to stop a family of ground squirrels from eating their close relatives for a week. I’m thinking of tipping everything else out of the bag and filling it […]
Day 22 – Swift Current to Ponteix (Notukeu Regional Park). Ponteix is a very quiet town. So quiet in fact that when I stopped at the only open restaurant in town for my lunch, I scared the waitress half to death when I suddenly moved across the room to refill my coffee. Today’s Distance (miles/km): 56 […]
Day 21 – Free day! In order to be able to get myself up to date, this free day posting will be a brief photo album! The Calgary Three have pressed on to Moose Jaw, I’ve had a very chilled-out (Father’s) day starting at the kids’ Swift Current Box Car Races (down the main drag […]
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