Woke up with an actual appetite for food. Finished the first meal for 36hours and was actually looking forward to a gentle 20mile ride over Shap to Kendal.
Some beautiful scenery on both sides but as I thought some of you may be getting bored of such scenic photos, I included one of my bike on a hay bale in front of a quarry. Very avant garde.
The nine mile climb up Shap wasn't too bad at all and seeing as my beloved racing bike has jade such a bleak and slowly plodding few days we both enjoyed the treat of racing down the other side, on an open and quiet road with the sun shining and not a hint of snow at 43mph... Nnneeeeoo! (Well below the 60 speed limit.)
Arrived in Kendal just as the schools closed for holidays... A man with a gold glittery beard cycling through town obviously went down well with their end of term mood... Lots of laughs and smiles.
Ate lunch just outside Kendal and decided to launch a new fundraising initiative...
Glitter someone else's beard... Or give them a glitter beard if they don't have one.
Already had £85 pledged on Facebook... If you want to see a photo of me with a complete stranger who I have convinced to glitter their beard... Pledge an amount below in the blog comments. When the deed is done, I ask you to please then donate your pledged amount via my donation page.
...I promise to go ALL out on this one.
Mood mahooosively improved, cycled into Garstang ... Just under 80miles on my supposed rest day means I'm now only a day off schedule.
Bristol by Saturday.
The wonderful and beautiful Danie, who I've missed so much, is meeting me tomorrow night so please do not expect the usual long winded, then this happened, then this happened... account of tomorrow's ride!
And I'll leave you all with this... Forget the Mars Rover... THIS is where technology is at-
Phone on waterproof mount on handlbars. GPS uploads location to website. Anyone can track my progress. Mum's been following closely...
Phone beeps and message appears...
"Are you sure you're going the right way? Love Mum"
Stop and turn around bike- already an extra 10miles added onto the day's ride... Potentially 30miles saved though.
Thanks Mum!
Attached are photos of silhouette of my bike in the fading Sun on a North Yorkshire wall, the view after Shap fell, bike on hay and the gold glittered beard.
Some beautiful scenery on both sides but as I thought some of you may be getting bored of such scenic photos, I included one of my bike on a hay bale in front of a quarry. Very avant garde.
The nine mile climb up Shap wasn't too bad at all and seeing as my beloved racing bike has jade such a bleak and slowly plodding few days we both enjoyed the treat of racing down the other side, on an open and quiet road with the sun shining and not a hint of snow at 43mph... Nnneeeeoo! (Well below the 60 speed limit.)
Arrived in Kendal just as the schools closed for holidays... A man with a gold glittery beard cycling through town obviously went down well with their end of term mood... Lots of laughs and smiles.
Ate lunch just outside Kendal and decided to launch a new fundraising initiative...
Glitter someone else's beard... Or give them a glitter beard if they don't have one.
Already had £85 pledged on Facebook... If you want to see a photo of me with a complete stranger who I have convinced to glitter their beard... Pledge an amount below in the blog comments. When the deed is done, I ask you to please then donate your pledged amount via my donation page.
...I promise to go ALL out on this one.
Mood mahooosively improved, cycled into Garstang ... Just under 80miles on my supposed rest day means I'm now only a day off schedule.
Bristol by Saturday.
The wonderful and beautiful Danie, who I've missed so much, is meeting me tomorrow night so please do not expect the usual long winded, then this happened, then this happened... account of tomorrow's ride!
And I'll leave you all with this... Forget the Mars Rover... THIS is where technology is at-
Phone on waterproof mount on handlbars. GPS uploads location to website. Anyone can track my progress. Mum's been following closely...
Phone beeps and message appears...
"Are you sure you're going the right way? Love Mum"
Stop and turn around bike- already an extra 10miles added onto the day's ride... Potentially 30miles saved though.
Thanks Mum!
Attached are photos of silhouette of my bike in the fading Sun on a North Yorkshire wall, the view after Shap fell, bike on hay and the gold glittered beard.
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