I woke up feeling like a different person, proving how effective a restful rest day can be. It was so restorative that even leaving at 4.30am didn’t seem too bad. And best of all, the headwind had mostly taken a rest day too. The sky started lightening in the east about an hour later. After […]
I spent the morning with coffee and crumble and as close to the a/c as I could, letting my legs and other parts recover from yesterday. Apart from a brief leg cramp that drew the attention of coffee-queuers when I suddenly started saying ‘ow-ow-ow!’, that bit went ok. I enjoyed planning my exit tomorrow from […]
(Incidents of Travel is functional again. I finally found some Wi-Fi that works at the lovely Wave Coffee shop. And a/c too. Bliss. May stay til they close at midday!) On a scale of short to massive, I would rate today’s stage as ‘massive’. You have been warned! DECISIONS, DECISIONS: The trouble with being in […]
(A bit of a rarity here. I’ve had to combine two maps to cover the border crossing) This great report came in from John Mills after directing the royal concert from the leader’s chair in England the other night. “Wow that rain!! The horizontal speed of it coming out of the drain pipe! Speaking of […]
It was a warm, dry morning when I awoke, with the puddles outside evaporating before my eyes as I boiled a kettle of water for coffee outside my room, making it hard to believe the storm last night ever happened. There’s lot of info here today due to how interesting the bay is – you […]
The map has returned! At least until we leave Virginia. Although the camp kitchen suffered some losses yesterday, there were also some gains at the free motel breakfast today. They say ‘Breakfast like a king’. This is not always possible. The juice, which called itself apple or orange, was actually green water or yellow water. […]
(Sorry there is still no paper map @PennyHarrison! I hope this will do for now. It’s the map from my bike computer. Maybe I’ll find an old fashioned kind, somewhere, someday, preferably before the end of this trip) Last night as I sipped my beer and enjoyed the dazzling sunset, I decided I was ready […]
What a day. Let’s kick off with the Relive version of my ride down Cape May yesterday: There was news this morning (even on the BBC) of extreme flooding back in Nova Scotia. The town of Halifax has had a ‘once in a decade’ amount of rain, a months-worth in a couple of hours. I’m […]
One night I’m on the 8th floor of Jacob’s apartment building on Manhattan Ave, New York City, the next I’m in a wood in New Jersey. No wonder I get confused when I wake up. Last night I hit a bit of a wall. Trying to write and upload the blog whilst also having a […]
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