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Continue reading →: Day 4: New River to Annapolis Royal92 km (57 miles) – Total so far: 391 km (243 miles) Up early at wild camp after a peaceful night, although the ocean is loud. A breeze kept away the early mosquitos at 6:30 to break camp. 20 minutes up the road at Lepreau in a gas station with a…
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Continue reading →: Day 3: Lubec to New River88 km (55 miles) – Total so far: 299 km (186 miles) Cohill’s is an Irish themed bar, looks great from outside and in, but didn’t deliver on the beer (it advertised local beers but they were not on) and was rather overpriced for food. Red Sox won though on TV…
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Continue reading →: Day 2: Milbridge to Lubec93 km (58 miles) – Total so far: 211 km (131 miles) A quality evening in Route 44 bar chatting with locals and watching Red Sox baseball. Clam Chowder was fantastic, as was the Shipyard IPA. I am enjoying and benefitting from the early hours of the Americans. Everywhere is closed…
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Continue reading →: Day 1: Searsport to Millfield118 km (73 miles) – Total so far: 118 km (73 miles) If you have kids or work with them you may recall a time when after a long journey you need to drive around for another. 15 minutes to let the DVD finish. I was one of those kids last…
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Continue reading →: Day 0: Travel DayEarly flight from Manchester Airport to Dublin as flying with Aer Lingus. I have never liked Manchester Airport and this morning it was at its very worst. An hour to get through security, and having arrived 2 hours before the flight I was hurried directly to the plane having for…
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Continue reading →: Day 8: Bible Hill to Murray River91 km (57 miles) – Total so far: 776 km (482 miles) Today started for me with two questions, that I pondered over at first light in my campsite at about 4:45 am. Someone may be able to help me answer them. Firstly, is it true that mosquitos are attracted by…
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Continue reading →: Summary: Best and Worst of…Best stay – Zia Carmella Pension in Montella, or Petralia Soprana Best village – Montefusco or Radda in Chianti Best ride day – 1 Montella to Acerno 2 Troina to Gangi 3 Radda in Chianti to San Quirico Best ride 2 hours – 1 off road section in Tuscany, 2…
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Continue reading →: Day 28: Misilmeri to Palermo32 km (20 miles) – Total so far: 1,806 km (1,122 miles) The newsreader in the original version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory announces, “there must be more important things in the world than this, but I can’t think what they are right now.” One last climb over the…
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Continue reading →: Day 27: Alia to Misilmeri70 km (44 miles) – Total so far: 1,775 km (1,103 miles) “The way it is long but the end is near, Already the fiesta has begun.” * It’s not the first time I’ve noticed how much returning to sea level affects me. And I’m not even there yet. Logically, the…
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Continue reading →: Day 26: Petralia Soprana to Alia70 km (43 miles) – Total so far: 1,705 km (1,059 miles) Sunday’s are quiet in Sicily, especially in the summer. In the new Montalbano, “The Track of Sand”, Camilleri writes that nobody commits murders in Sicily on Sundays. “Because on Sundays the Sicilians go to morning Mass with the whole…
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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
