Stories from days in the Saddle
Why exercise?
He who has health has hope and he who has hope has everything
Don’t let your age control your lifestyle, let your lifestyle control your age
Suck it up and one day you won’t have to suck it in
Why cycle?
‘When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road without thought on anything but the ride you are taking’ – Arthur Conan-Doyle
‘Life is like riding a bicycle. In order to keep your balance, you must keep moving’ – Albert Einstein
‘Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls’ – Bob Weir (Grateful Dead)
‘I relax by taking my bicycle apart and putting it back together again’ – Michelle Pfeiffer
‘Cycle all day and not only will you see, hear, smell, and feel the world around you but you will burn thousands of calories and be able to eat as much of whatever you want’ – Nick Pannaman
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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...