Well, the day started well. Got to Penrith station with plenty of time, even got a notification that Lancet had arrived in Tromsø. Brilliant! Hop on the train to Manchester Airport and mid way in[…]
Nordkapp – How to track
So you can all follow Allan on his 4000+km ride home from the Arctic, as discussed in earlier posts he’ll be bringing a tracking system. This is now live (although the ride won’t start until[…]
Nordkapp – Preparing to Leave…
Things are getting near now to the start. Lancet (my bike) left KMB Towers on Thursday and was expected to take 4 business days to arrive in northern Norway. With Norway not being fully in[…]
Nordkapp – A 4000+km Ride Home
tarting on Saturday 4th May 2019, Allan, is going on his latest adventure. Setting off from Nordkapp…
The Beast from the East?
So, we are “suffering” a snow storm which the press has named the “Beast from the East”. I woke up this morning and looked out to see everything white and couldn’t even see across the[…]
Doing Things, The Wrong Way – The Bad diabetic!
I’ve been rather torn on this one for a long while. Do I write something about it, don’t I. I don’t know. Part of me just wants to bury everything and the other just wants[…]
RideLondon Transport Woes
I’m doing RideLondon at the end of the month, I think I’ve mentioned it around here and there. Just a few things left to sort out and those included getting me and a bike down[…]
A Little RLI2Paris Data
Been rattling through the stats from my Lan2Paris ride, some interesting. Changed the front derailleur a total of 199 times, and the rear 4666 times, resulting in 29% Di2 battery used (which includes all the[…]
Last Day in Paris
So final day in Paris. Back to Blighty in the morning. Really enjoyed today, nothing could be better than lounging around the sights of Paris with a beautiful lady enjoying sorbet and lunch in some[…]
The Final Push!
And so the final push, little sleep really due to the ferry but think I made a couple of hours. Finally on French soil and what a cycle path. It’s basically an old railway line,[…]