For each day’s ride we get ‘navigation notes’ which run through proceedings for the day. Coupled with these the crew ‘mark’ the route with orange streamer tape (I’ll take a photo of some tomorrow) so that we can find our…
It’s almost now…!
We had our first rider meeting this morning where we got to meet the crew and the other riders who will be starting from Beijing tomorrow morning. It’s quite a big group of us; five crew, a local ‘fixer’ (Jimmy…
Plans and preparations
Plans and preparations are decided in vain Think we’ve seen enough now Hope and validation are united again Bernard Fanning – Hope & Validation It hardly seems like yesterday that I was in Spain setting this blog up, and…
Itinerary details
Just in, the the latest bulletin from TdA which includes the current version of the itinerary. Some of those days look scary, especially day 43…! On a map it looks (roughly) like this: Also included were further details about…
Christmas training – week two
Saturday (Boxing day) After a rest day yesterday I was rather hoping my arse wasn’t going to be so sore today – that would be no…! maybe tomorrow. Today’s weather was less co-operative than the last week, cooler, windier, and…
Linking to FaceBook
This post should go directly to Facebook… let’s see what turns up. Apparently it turned up for far more people than I expected…! FB told me that my ‘app’ was in testing mode and therefore only I was going to…
Christmas training rides – week one
I’ve brought my bike to Spain to enjoy the relatively pleasant weather so I’m trying to get out every day. So far so good – slowly increasing the distance each day and getting used to the fact that this part…
Christmas – let the training begin
So 120km a day huh…? Best I get on my bike and start riding…! I’ve been busy with work as 2015 has come to an end, so riding hasn’t been a particularly high priority, but with two weeks in Spain…
First things first
So I’ve paid my money, rather a lot of money as it happens, to join the trip so baring ‘hit by a bus crossing the high street’ it’s going to happen…! We’ve been getting updates from TdA for a few…