Set off at 10.30. I’m gradually getting earlier. Big hill out of the city then the road settled down to a series long gentle climbs followed by equally gentle downhills. Read more
Left later than I wanted to. Again. Enjoying the posh hotel room. Decided I would try and make it to Lincoln. Although at over 70 miles away I thought it might be a bit much. Read more
My bike and I spent a very comfortable night at The Royal York Hotel last night. Read more
A good day’s cycling on fairly flat roads. Made good time to York with the prospect of a bed in a very nice hotel. For nowt. Read more
Shoes are beginning to get a bit smelly from much sweaty pedalling, so I picked up some shoe spray stuff before breakfast. An invaluable snippet of information I think. Read more
After breakfast I went shopping and bought a smaller scale map. This one should cover me for most of the next couple of days. Read more
Brad and I rose bleary-eyed and half-heartedly attempted to eat the enourmous fry up placed in front of us. Read more
Feeling a bit nervous as I made the final tweaks to my packing and loaded the bike. However, the weather was good, much better than forecast.
Some great publicity today. The Herald have done a good piece on my trip in the sports section of all places.
I was very pleasantly surprised to receive great support from the general manager of the George Hotel David Welch and the executive chef Stewart Jarvie. Stewart, a cyclist too, sold my adventure to David to great effect.
Days 42 to 46 – Serbia Pt. 1September 2, 2011, 12:01 pmUp and on the road in good time. I stopped at the service station just before the motorway, just to double check that there were no othere options. There weren’t.
Days 34 to 41 – HungarySeptember 2, 2011, 11:40 amAs I was loading the bike Margi’s parents had got together some supplies for me. Several kilos of apples, plums, peppers and tomatoes as well as a box full of packets of prunes, sweets and bars of chocolate. Very kind but I couldn’t possibly carry all that extra weight.
Days 30 to 33 – SlovakiaAugust 25, 2011, 1:23 amUp at 8.00AM for breakfast. It was a buffet style affair so I helped myself to lots of bread, ham, cheese, hard-boiled eggs, bread and jam and a bowl of meuseli.
