Epilogue part 1
It's Friday - 4 days after the ride finished. Monday was just excitement in all directions - seeing Sue, finishing the ride, introducing Sue, saying goodbye, kissing Sue, laughing, joking.... It was all a bit of a whirl. And then there were pauses. The pause when I...
Day 50 – 8th August – Manchester to Portsmouth
56 miles ridden - 2100 feet climbed. I had mixed feelings eating plastic eggs at 6am this morning but it was the last time (at least for a long while). We were all excited and keen to finish the challenge so bag loading was quick and we were on our way. As before,...
Day 49 – 7th August – Brattleboro to Manchester, New Hampshire
78 miles ridden - 4318 feet climbed. I'm not sure if I have ever been equally excited and wistful in the same way as I have been today. Excited to complete the achievement and see Sue, family and friends again,but wistful that this amazing experience will reached a...
Day 48 – extra pictures
My blog posts don't contain many pictures of me - here are a few: Topping up water bottles at a SAG stop Just happy. Team Canada - L to R - Ron, Paul, me and Liz Darin and I hogging the soft, upholstered, rocking chairs while waiting for lunch at the Byron Tavern....
Day 48 – 6th August – Latham, New York to Brattleboro, Vermont
79 miles ridden - 4984 feet climbed. Unusually the weather forecast was bang on today and we deliberately walked out of a nice, dry hotel, climbed onto our bikes and rode off into the rain. Why? Because that's what we do - cycle. It only rained for about 20 minutes...
Day 47 – 5th August – Little Falls to Latham
76 miles ridden - 2136 feet climbed. Another great day today with a subtle change of mood. We are all talking about how we feel about these last few days and almost all of us are actively trying to take in as much of what we see, how we feel, what people say, and...
Day 46 – 4th August – Liverpool to Little Falls
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 on the shoulder...
Day 45 – 3rd August – Rochester to Liverpool
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 much traffic but it...
Day 44 – 2nd August – Niagara Falls to Rochester
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 the...
Day 43 – 1st August – Rest Day in Niagara
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 7:15...