Fear
As I cycled back from my bike fitting today, the bike actually felt ok under my hands for the first time and I started to relax.
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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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No Plan, However Good…
… survives first contact with the enemy. So who or what are the enemies? We reckon they are:
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E-quipment
For the Epic Journey, we are trying to travel light, and that means that detailed maps of the whole of Europe are not coming with us.
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Quad-Lock Mounts
In the various practice rides I’ve had the phone in my front pocket (when I have a coat on) or a back pocket (when I don’t) to do the navigation. This works up to a point, but it means whenever I want to check the route or take photos I have to stop and rootle in pockets.
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Doris’s Surprise New Bike
My bike has been causing us some concern. Nothing major, just a stream of little minor things, each one requiring a surprising amount of fixing.
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