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...
by nickpannaman | Jul 29, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
87 miles ridden – 1240 feet climbed The excitement of cycling over the bridge into Canada was palpable as we sat eating breakfast at 5:15 this morning. It’s quite amazing how at that time of the day you don’t really recognise what you are eating,...
by nickpannaman | Jul 28, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
90 miles ridden – 958 feet climbed Despite the somewhat gloomy weather forecasts we did not see any rain today. The temperature peaked around 27C/80F which was great for distance cycling. However, we had a headwind for all but about 20 miles and the road...
by nickpannaman | Jul 27, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
74 miles ridden – 430 feet climbed. Another wonderful day. Temperature was great until about noon when it seemed to suddenly shoot up to 32C. We had a gentle tailwind for about 40 miles and the area we were cycling through was absolutely flat – fabulous....