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Continue reading →: Day 5 – Republic to Starvation Lake (12 miles east of Colville)66 miles (106 km) – Total so far: 321 miles (516 km) I made the error of eating at the gas station cafe last night and made it again this morning. I thought cooking eggs would be easier, but the omelette came with chilli beans in it and I struggled to…
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Continue reading →: Day 4 – Riverside to Republic60 miles (96 km) – Total so far: 255 miles (410 km) This was very much a day of two halves. The two old ladies run a good campsite at Margie’s and charge fairly for tents which so few RV parks do. If you’re passing this way, stay here, and don’t…
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Continue reading →: Day 3 – Winthrop to Riverside55 miles (88 km) – Total so far: 195 miles (314 km) Much quicker on packing up this morning, and the local rumour was not to miss breakfasts at the Rocking Horse Bakery. It opened at 7 and I was waiting at the door, but it was well worth it. Proper…
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Continue reading →: Day 2 – Diablo Lake to Winthrop65 miles (105 km) – Total so far: 140 miles (226 km) Though out of the tent at 5:20 I wasn’t away until 7. Something I will have to work on, packing. A pleasant thing about the Cascades is that it’s cool at night. Two passes today and lot of steady…
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Continue reading →: Day 1 – Burlington WA to Diablo Lake75 miles (121 km) – Total so far: 75 miles (121 km) Getting there.. Taxi from Preston to the airport late Saturday night for a hotel room for a few hours and a 4:30 am check in. British Airways shuttle to Heathrow and on to Seattle, arriving on time at 11:30…
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Continue reading →: Cancer ResearchIn early May this year I lost my youngest brother Nigel to cancer. He was diagnosed five and a half years earlier. Those years were a rollercoaster of physical and mental health for him. He went through several life changing operations. At one time less than 2 years ago, he…
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Continue reading →: Day 39 – North Shields to Shap (with some trains)26 miles (43 km) – Total so far: 2,280 miles (3,669 km) It was a passable ferry ride on a busy boat. The finish of this tour hasn’t been as interesting as I hoped. It’s always difficult to get the finish of a big tour to be a memorable part of…
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Continue reading →: Day 38 – Amsterdam to Ijmuiden (ferry day)20 miles (32 km) – Total so far: 2,253 miles (3,626 km) A wet Amsterdam still has interests of course. Most significantly is that the fashion seems to be the yellow raincoat, as in that tremendously scary film, ‘Don’t Look Now’. It may be a bit dated now, but it is…
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Continue reading →: Day 37 – Apeldoorn to Amsterdam44 miles (70 km) – Total so far: 2,233 miles (3,594 km) I was quite surprised this morning to start riding and find I was on a hill. Actually the riding was wonderful for the first couple of hours as I passed through the woods of the nature reserve Koninklijke Houtvesterij,…
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Continue reading →: Day 36 – Coesfeld to Apeldoorn80 miles (128 km) – Total so far: 2,190 miles (3,524 km) Good entrainment last night in a sports bar in Coesfeld watching Germany lose to France in the Handball semi final by 1 goal in the last second. It was a stormy night also, though cloudy this morning. One of…
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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
