[See my separate post for the special announcement about this trip] Today really was as simple as expected, at least to navigate: A1A South for about 56 miles, until I got to Daytona Beach. Once again I left before 5, cycled without a break until I reached my destination, then collapsed into a wide booth […]
I want to thank everybody who responded to my message yesterday about my change of plan. Your warm words of encouragement and support, both by email and in ‘comments’ below, were incredibly welcome and gave me such a lift, so I know I can push on for four more days of dawn-treading on the pedals. […]
What a day! It was very full indeed, and about the hottest so far I suspect. Let’s start with a video for a change: last night was such an unusual stopover on this crazy journey, I couldn’t resist filming the long walk from Room 128 to the the front lobby of this huge hotel, wheeling […]
Within an hour of leaving my motel I had rattled across an old metal road bridge over the St Mary’s River, and into FLORIDA! The last state on the list this summer, but it’s a big old state. There were some breathtakingly beautiful views out over the open wetlands, as the soft morning light crept […]
Many thanks to those of you who responded so quickly to my ‘subscribe’ message – it’s great to be welcoming several new Friends of the Blog today! I still haven’t paid for my motel in Eulonia last night. I tried several times – Mr Brar told me twice that the computer wasn’t switched on and […]
Without the alarm going off this morning I think I’d still be asleep. I tried to be organised after the opera last night, leaving most of my panniers etc ready by the side door to load up and ship out, which meant that this morning I just packed a few things, made coffee, ate some […]
As some of you already know, and others may have already guessed or suspected, I’ve been thinking hard about possibly changing my destination for this adventure for some days. I’ve worked hard to get around the (mainly) weather issues that have had such a bearing on this trip, and which have been in excess of […]
Thank you so much to everyone who got in touch after my brush with Savannah Vice yesterday. I’m really grateful for all the kind words of support and care. You get used to doing everything on your own after a while on a long bike tour, and to know that people are rooting for you […]
(I’ll update the map tomorrow) I started in Yemassee, I ended up at a beautiful B&B in Savanna, but inbetween there were some absolutely insane events that caused a great deal of disruption to my day, but luckily ended happily. Let me start at the beginning… All day yesterday, whenever I opened the door to […]
And it was just that, a free day at a motel in Yemassee. I did almost nothing except wander over to the lobby for breakfast, then sit with my coffee in the lobby talking to the manager about classical Indian music and swapping favourite musicians. You never know when you’re going to find an interesting […]
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