Sid and Doris Bonkers and their Epic Journeys
"Everybody is normal until you get to know them"
In which Sid and Doris set out again and have a High Paw day, back on the road again along the swanky Costa SmereldaSid and Doris said goodbye to England-on-the-Med to start the three day ride to Porto Torres. When we took the bikes out on Thursday to check them over we were not much enthused. This morning we set…
Read moreYou may be able to work out the tune to this one. A versatile little number with plenty of room for improvisation, and the tune is easy enough that you can shout it out while going along. Look what they’ve done to my road, MaLook what they’ve done to my road.Well they’ve built the road straight up the hillIt makes…
Read more“S” says:I am a Very Skientific sort of cove and I have invented an incliniommetter thing for my adventure tri cycle.It tells me when I am going up hill how steep the hill is.And when I am going down hill it tells me that too but wheeee the main thing then is not to look at the inclinything but to…
Read moreAn explanation of this seemingly self-explanatory hashtag.When I was on the boat down the Danube with Doris’s Knee Problem I got talking to Anna and Alistair, and Anna introduced me to the concept of #bestviewedfrombelow. Originally it referred laughingly to anything that was Way Up There when you were viewing it from the river-level comfort of your floating restaurant/hotel/chill zone. …
Read moreIn which Sid and Doris rest up for more cycling later at a Nielson’s beach club.
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In which Sid and Doris create a route from Sardinia to Santander on a relaxed timeline with only a few smallish obstacles remaining.
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Doris writes on her oft-ignored mantra: “See it. Do it.”
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In which Philosopher Doris considers: Vegetation – Road Signs – The Sweet Smell of the Strimmer – Road Laying Machines – Roofrack Of The Day
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In which Sid and Doris ride away to holiday land, Neilson at Baia di Mori on Sardinia (you knew we were on Sardinia?).
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In which Sid and Doris have a high paw day climbing from Arbatax, Sardinia, at sea level, to the Glenna Silana col at 1016 metres and ride on to Dorgali to make a 73 k day with 1193 metres of climb.
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