(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 […]
The heavy rain yesterday followed by the warm sunshine this morning, meant that the air was full of flies and bugs today,which I kept accidentally swallowing as I cycled through clouds of them. It’s a bit of a shame, isn’t it? Such a short life these creatures have, then they spend their first and only […]
The ride sort of started yesterday, with a pre-shakedown try-out (how much preparation can one man do?) on my usual 25-mile round trip commute to teach at Beechwood Park School. Bags were packed as for today’s ride, plus a few books of music, some spare strings and a stick or two of violin bow rosin. […]
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