Monday 8 October. Alan and I got picked up around 7.30/7.45 am by my brother-in-law Leon (thanks Leon) who squeezed two bike boxes and two pieces of luggage plus hand luggage into his car and we set off on a pretty slow journey to the airport. (Richard R and Craig are already in the USA, […]
Off I go!
Today is 7 October 2012 and I am all packed, ready to go. My bike is carefully tucked away in its special travelling bike-box. My last ride was a week ago and I have been quite glad for the rest since then. My legs seem to have benefited from being lazy but I hope doing […]
The Story from From Kilimanjaro to San Francisco minus one week!
So we got back from Kilimanjaro after the adventure of a lifetime and once the dust had settled started to get itchy feet again. The “what next” question came up and we started looking for a follow up trip. For me it was the camaraderie, inane schoolboy humour, but most of all the physical and […]
A year on!
I can remember quite clearly that for the first two weeks after we got back it was almost as if I was still on another planet. I couldn’t really get back into the normal pace of things and I was so relaxed and laid back generally that it was really quite a nice place to […]
Rest day and travel home – Monday/Tuesday 14/15 March 2011
Needless to say we all slept well in the hotel. The 4 that went on Safari had to get up at something like 6.15 (very brave if you ask me!) but Craig and I were staying for a rest so could lie-in. We woke at about 7.30 and then chatted for a few hours. Eventually we made […]
The last leg! – Sunday 13 March 2011
Needless to say we all slept very well on our last night under canvas. Craig was still coughing away, which woke me up, but I had little trouble in going back to sleep. At 6.30a.m. we were awoken with the usual cup of tea and ‘washy washy bowls’. You can see that I dragged the […]