After we,d picked up my wallet which i’d left at the fuel station the night before we headed off on our 60 mile trip to Shrewsbury. It was a lovely sunny day and we took mostly country roads – V.Nice. Nothing really to report apart it felt like a really long day and got very [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Shrewsbury
November 26, 2009
Kiwis Magical Mystery Tour
November 26, 2009
Now this is my favourite story so far – Just because it is so ridiculous and I still can’t quite believe what happened.
I met Kiwi and his wife George at a GBXC round in Monmouth, i think he’d had abit of a nightmare race and was doing really well until he had some sort of [...]
Race number 131
November 25, 2009
The bike passed scruitineering today and is now heading to South America. I have been given lucky race no 131.
But to go back to it’s life story so far: Not sure what chapter i’m on but im going to call it:
Chaper 5? Driving me Mental:
Got back to London for a night then headed to Blythborough [...]
Alice and Ethel: Day 3
November 25, 2009
For those of you who don’t already know, the reason why me and Kate decided to do the bike ride from John O’Groats to Lands End was to raise money for the altzeimers society. Both of our grandma’s (Alice and Ethel) had the awful disease. As i have already mentioned I had to join the [...]
Road to hell: John O’Groats to Lands End
November 24, 2009
As part of fitness training for the Dakar me and a friend had decided to cycle from John O’Groats to Lands End. We’d planned to do it at the beginning of Nov but as the rally bike took so long to prepare it got pushed back and back until it was at the end of the month. I [...]
The story of the rally bike
November 22, 2009
Chapter one: Ebay and the Nose Job
So i’d paid the first entry for the Dakar and was helping my boyfriend to sell his daughters KTM on ebay. Whilst checking on how many bids it had had I had a quick look at Yamaha 450’s and there it was a hardly used 450 for sale for [...]
Fitness training
November 3, 2009
For those of you interested in the fitness side of it, i have had to go with a personal trainer as i tried the gym and it didnt really work as at the mo i am all over the place and can’t commit. I also find the gym increadibly boring and much prefer doing stuff outside, [...]
