I thought I’d follow up yesterday’s posting almost right away, after receiving a heartfelt recollection which I couldn’t resist sharing with you, from Susie’s father Morley in Toronto, of his youthful cycling days. It captures exactly the feeling I had, getting back on the road bike after months of carrying panniers across Canada 🇨🇦 : […]
It seems incredible, but on this very day twelve months ago I set off from Vancouver Island to cross Canada. The months have gone by very fast, and although I think I’m mostly reaclimatised to normal life, the trip remains very much on my mind. I thought it would be nice to mark the occasion […]
To all of the wonderful people who followed and commented on my trip this summer, thank you all so much for sharing a part of what was an amazing year, and I wish you yours a happy holiday and New Year. I could never collect together everybody’s addresses, or those that I met along the […]
It’s been weeks since my last post, and I thought it was time for a bit of an update on one or two things that have been going on. Firstly, some bad news on the ebook front – after hours of research, extensive re-writing, the downloading of more software formats than I care to mention, […]
Yesterday I was working (so you see, I’m back to reality) at Abbey Road studios in West London, and a friend came over to make a donation to my charity. I was delighted since we’ve been hovering on the brink of £7,000 for a little while now, but when my friend Adrian realised that we […]
Days 90 & 91 – Years ago we used to live close to Alexandra Palace in North London, and often visited the palace when there was a show on, or just to get a drink at the pub that lives in a far corner of the building. At the end of an antiques fair in […]
Day 89 – There was a little surprise that I’d lined up for everyone, thinking it would make a great ending to my whole trip, but due to circumstances beyond my control the whole plan fell to bits. What happened instead proved to be fortuitous, however. Here, for the last time on this journey, are […]
Day 88 Pt.2 – Dear readers, it’s been ages. When we last spoke I was in a bar in St John’s, celebrating finishing my journey across Canada, and answering all the flood of comments that came in. I had such a great evening, as if I was talking to everyone with me in the bar, […]
Day 90 – Update…..I’ve just checked the stats, and this blog has received over 20,000 views since May. I’m just staggered by that – many thanks for following! I’ve also added up the number of Countries represented by the visits, and it’s 41. What a collection of flags. Most popular single post? Hands down winner, […]
Day 88 – The wind blew so hard as we waited to board the ferry on Thursday afternoon that taking a photo would have risked ditching my bike on its side. We were waved on first with the motorcycles, and the gusts blew me from the right hand side of the metal boarding bridge across […]
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