Wrap Up

12 miles (19 km) – Total so far: 2,134 miles (3,434 km)

Just for the record, 2055 miles (3307 km),
182 hours and 20 minutes riding,
95354 feet (29064 metres),
Biggest climbing day was Day 2, Diablo Lake to Winthrop over two Cascade passes (6321 feet, 1927 metres),
Longest day was Day 27, Fruita to Moab, 95 miles (153 km).

s experienced and old as I am at these sort of courses, life has changed because of it, again.

And, to finish, in the translated words of Marco Polo, and this time I am referring not just to my ride, but also to the stories about my brother that I have told:

“I have not told half of what I saw”

Cycling through downtown Albuquerque at the 3:15 am to the Greyhound station

Downtown El Paso – lunch and purchased a new shirt

El Paso plaza – waiting for a train

The Texas Capitol building in Austin – lunch and a quick ride around town

Lunchtime ride through downtown Austin

Lunch on the junction of Congress and Second – then car rental and two hours to Houston

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Where is Andy?

Shap, Cumbria circa 2016 – Tia, Roja and Mac behind

I was so much older then…

Dartmoor 2019


Quote of the Week

Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, ‘What road do I take?’ The cat asked, ‘Where do you want to go?’ ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it really doesn’t matter, does it?’


Lewis Carroll