Day 1 – The Entire Width of Essex to Harwich
In which Sid and Doris ride from Bishop’s Stortford to Harwich to stand on the cold dockside with other intrepid riders.
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Category: EuroEpic19
Leaving England
Today’s route was more or less a straight dash to the coast. For the first section we cut out all the small roads round Essex villages that we’ve been using for the practice rides, and went straight through Takeley and Dunmow.
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EuroEpic 19 Map
This is the page where our reader(s) could find the map of our trip, updated every day. The route was logged on the bicycles, so if you zoom in you can see all the wrong turns, mistakes and bad decisions. Learn from us!
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Weights – Pre-departure weigh-in
When we’ve been talking to people about the Epic Journey, most people say “oh gosh you will lose tons of weight”.
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It fits! It fits!!
What do you do 24 hours before going on an Epic Journey?
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Surely we won’t have to talk EVERY night?
We’ve loaded up the various gadgets with apps to give us an alternative to conversation. After nearly 30 years of marriage there is no need to talk every single evening…
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Euro-Epic 19 Route – Original Plan
Here’s our route plan at the time of setting off.
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Ready, steady… peddle
It goes without saying (so I am going to say it) that Sid and Doris have done Epic Journeys before. But maybe a few years of sitting with our office-dwelling colleagues could possibly have just nibbled away at a bit of our supreme cycle fitness. Or maybe we never were cycling superheros anyway…
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