by nickpannaman | Aug 4, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
93 miles ridden – 1480 feet climbed. Another great day’s ride which started with 23 miles along the Erie Canal. Like everything else, canals are bigger in America – the Erie Canal is 363 miles long and was completed in 1825. These days there is not...
by nickpannaman | Aug 2, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
87 miles ridden – 1755 feet climbed. Today was a glorious ride. No clouds in the sky, gentle crosswind, roads surfaces OK, lovely temperature around 28C/82F, and lots of trees for shade. However, as we left Niagara we went through some neighbourhoods that showed...
by nickpannaman | Aug 1, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
0 miles ridden – 0 feet climbed. Unfortunately even though I could have slept until 7am I was awake and ready to go at around 4am as, it turns out, were most others on the trip but I was able to lay in bed listening to the Archers omnibus so all was not lost. By...
by nickpannaman | Aug 1, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
77 miles ridden – 1276 feet climbed. The sun was peaking through the clouds when we left. Maybe we would escape the forecast rain? Or maybe not because within 5 miles we saw lightning and heard thunder and we were all pulled in to a coffee place to wait out the...
by nickpannaman | Jul 30, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
69 miles ridden – 1394 feet climbed. We were all excited about a leisurely 69 mile day taking in the sights and smells of the Ontario countryside until we looked out of the window Yes it really was raining and just for good measure we had a 20mph headwind...
