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Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Murder and Mayhem on the Road to Phoenix.
Rose about 5.00 am to find bike and tent covered in thick frost, -5 deg. Ugg. Left about 7.00 am as we had. 73.1 miles to cover today. Took about 4 miles for frost to clear from bike. Cruising along and suddenly puncture in back tyre. Still the sun was out, a good broad hard shoulder so quickly got back wheel off. The culprit was two large pieces of wire from shredded truck wheels. Truck wheels have wire mesh embedded in them and when they burst they explde everywhere. A cyclists nightmare. Dan caught me up and just took over. You know what, I had the courtesy to let him. Then the support van came along but by that time we were sorted. Now I am up on the 'flat' list. Reached the outskirts of Phoenix only to find our route blocked by the Police as a body had been found in the canal alongside our bike path. A tv crew were there and the presenter Steve Ryan was interested in our trip. I asked him ' are you famous' and his cameraman said ' he likes to think he is'. Lol. Had a nightmare of a time negotiating Phoenix, over 30 miles, kept getting lost. Had a chat with Postman Kieran, big broad hat, very friendly. Eventually made motel but I felt really strong and could have gone on. Put tent etc out in the sun to dry. Did laundry so all clean now. Will try and upload photo of bike covered in frost. Day of tomorrow, Wednesday. Still loving it...just saying...
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That’s heck of a title for a blog entry – nearly choked on my organic museli . Good of you to supervise Dan while he tried to improve his bike maintenance skills. Minus 5 degrees – it could have been Arran. Anyway speaking of Arran, here’s a little story for you.
ReplyDeleteTim and Jill have just climbed the Boogillie on a tandem – Tim says “That was a tough, steeper than you think, I didn’t think we were going to make it.” Jill says “I know, good job I kept the brakes on or we’d have slid all the way back down!”. Boom Boom. It’s the weakest of the three I know, I’m struggling - might have to move the theme from bikes to Americans. More pedal power to you Comrade Aunty Janiski.
Hi. Am having trouble updating blog but hope to have sorted soon. Like the funnies. Keep them coming.
DeleteMorning Jan...cycled into work today, summer is brewing up in Scotland again, should be around 25 next month if last year is anything to go by and over in May. Is this Steve Ryan-http://www.azfamily.com/on-tv/bios/125090864.html
ReplyDeleteA young banker decided to get his first tailor made suit. So he went to the finest tailor in town and got measured for a suit. A week later he went in for his first fitting. He put on the suit and he looked stunning, he felt that in this suit he can do business.
As he was preening himself in front of the mirror he reached down to put his hands in the pockets and to his surprise he noticed that there were no pockets. He mentioned this to the tailor who asked him, "Didn't you tell me you were a banker?"
The young man answered, "Yes, I did."
To this the tailor said, "Who ever heard of a banker with his hands in his own pockets?"