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Continue reading →: Day 6 Rising Sun to Sprague Creek Campground36 miles (58 km) – Total so far: 281 miles (452 km) Old Huck and Marcie are the rangers in our part of the site at Rising Sun. After 39 years in the US Postal service Huck wanted a quieter life. He certainly has it he. A four month season (this…
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Continue reading →: Day 5 Waterton Village Park to Rising Sun55 miles (89 km) – Total so far: 245 miles (394 km) After the debacle of the Thirsty Bear I managed to find the much more upmarket Fireside Lounge of the Bayview Inn. The fire was certainly lit as it was below 10 degrees most of the day. Heavy showers and…
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Continue reading →: Day 4 Enforced rest day in WatertonAll the rumour about the weather was for once correct. Im not sure about the winds today, but they sound strong, and westerly. The rain is supposed to pass through before the winds die down but it hasn’t yet (8 am). Fine weather after today. Although my Scottish Island Shakedown…
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Continue reading →: Day 3 Lundbreck to Waterton Park Village51 miles (82 km) – Total so far: 190 miles (306 km) Two old timers kept me talking at the cafe of the fuel station. We sat outside for one more cup of coffee, and I wasn’t away until 9 am. Lundbreck is a small place, and it was good to…
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Continue reading →: Day 2 Longview to Lundbreck73 miles (117 km) – Total so far: 139 miles (224 km) Old Mitch runs the campsite in Longview from his trailer home. A solitary fellow, just him and his small dog. On arrival yesterday he invited me to have a glass of wine. It was the last thing I wanted,…
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Continue reading →: Day 1 – Calgary Airport to Longview66 miles (106 km) – Total so far: 66 miles (106 km) Away at 9:30 am. I had partly set the bike up the previous evening, but with the 7 hour time difference I left much to this morning and retired. A bit of weight balancing. And it isn’t perfect, but…
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Continue reading →: Day 0 – Getting there – a course or a challenge?Travelling with a bike Manchester Airport is probably amongst the most uninspirational of places to start a wilderness adventure, but the proximity of the station to the terminals make that part of the journey at least, stress free. Trains from Cumbria start late on Sunday mornings, and too late even…
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Continue reading →: Day 28 Chill out day in Allen’s Park – a day ahead of schedule13 miles (21 km) – Total so far: 1,417 miles (2,280 km) Occasionally I make good decisions. This morning in Estes Park Visitor’s Centre I had the option of losing height and camping at a lake near Loveland, or climbing some more hills, staying in the mountains and a chance of…
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Continue reading →: Lochainort to Craignure67 miles (108 km) – Total so far: 288 miles (463 km) In heavy showers and that southerly still I had 50 miles to the Mull ferry. The ride follows the sea loch to Glenuig then heads over the hill to Moidart. Around the sea loch on a wonderful road, and…
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Continue reading →: Sligachan to Lochainort54 miles (87 km) – Total so far: 221 miles (356 km) The forecast of the next couple of days was not good. Heavy rain setting in mid morning, then the following day of heavy showers. Trying to break the back of the ride before the rain, I was up and…
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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
