I managed to sleep through 6 min of my alarm going off at 0600 this morning – and that was after being in bed by not much after 2030. By the time I went to bed it was almost completely…
The day that got better! (Stage 18)
I’d needed to pee just before midnight, which woke everyone because the door was so rattily and clanky – as it turned out I wasn’t the only one, so it wasn’t such a bad thing that we were all awake.…
Off to Mauritania (Stage 17)
The hotel was good, but sleeping was a little harder – there were some pretty bright lights that came on in the atrium, and the curtains of our room weren’t up to the job at all. It was also ‘the’…
Back to the desert (Stage 15)
My house mates decided that we needed to be up way too early for my liking, and I was sleeping in the ‘lounge’ of the bungalow it meant once they were up, so was I! On the plus side, that…
A leisurely day (Stage 13)
I slept well in stages last night – my decision to go far away from everyone else didn’t work out so well because it meant I was super-close to the group of policemen assigned to keep an eye on us…
Another (almost) 30km/h day (Stage 12)
The wind continued to blow through the night and was making my tent creak rather a lot, but I managed to sleep through most of it. A shower around 0600 had me a little worried that I might be packing…
Another tough day (Stage 10)
The lights didn’t bother me any in the end I lay down, I went to sleep, end of story. I did need to pee in the night at which point I discovered that we had a police guard and that…
Maybe I should have jumped (Stage 9)
Today was to be one of the two longest of the tour at 163km – a decent length of ride no matter which way you look at it particularly coming in the middle of a stretch of six riding days…
Don’t Jump (Stage 8)
A nice night for camping, though it did get quite chilly – i’ve been using my sleeping bag more than I expected I would so far on this trip! Being under the palms was nice when it was sunny, but…
Back inland again! (Stage 7)
I slept so well last night – I was in bed by 2030 and asleep about 1 min later I think . A quick trip out at 0230, and the next thing I knew someone nearby was packing up their…