by nickpannaman | Aug 5, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
80 miles ridden – 1627 feet climbed. I don’t know where our luck has been coming from but today was another great day. Sunshine all the way, wind not an issue, temperature peaking around 30C/85F…. Road surface generally OK but weirdly a lot of glass...
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...