Friday, 26 February 2016
Saturday, 20 February 2016
Just One more week....
With just one more week before I retire from the world of work and the planning steps up a pace - namely getting all my s*** together and trying to fit it all in, and which pannier / bag / backpack etc.... What fun... This was the bike ready to ride to Morocco - far too much stuff - but what to leave out !!! I think I used it all last time !! Note the pristine panniers, they ended up a bit worse for wear when thrown at the landscape in the hills of Morocco....
Itinerary is to get the bike to the freight company 4 Apr, I fly on the 18th and once I get the bike out on the road I head North to Virginia for a Horizons Unlimited Meeting..... 3 days there then over to Arizona.. Riding down some of the Blue Ridge Parkway to Chattanooga. Then look at the map again........
Adventure before dementia.... I think !
Monday, 8 February 2016
....and still counting down
Good morning - it's Monday and I have but 15 working days before I retire and finish my current employment. What is even more important to me is that after a very long time I have now paid of the mortgage on my house. :-)
The USA trip is getting closer and most of the bookings (flights, bike, visa etc) are now in place. Having recently read Nathan Millward's book on his recent trip to the USA, which h had some very good tips on places to see and roads to ride, I now look forward to my trip even more. I am glad I chose to start in the South and ride up to the Horizons Unlimited event in Virginia at the end of April - it will be a great opportunity to meet the locals and gather insight into the next stage - the ride across the Arizona.
The next task will be to pack the panniers and sort out what to take and what the leave - I know that half the stuff I pack in probably not needed - but which half !!! Minimal is the watch word.
The link to the Spot Nav will start in April and the link is :
https://share.delorme.com/nigelgrace
and the password is Madiba
The USA trip is getting closer and most of the bookings (flights, bike, visa etc) are now in place. Having recently read Nathan Millward's book on his recent trip to the USA, which h had some very good tips on places to see and roads to ride, I now look forward to my trip even more. I am glad I chose to start in the South and ride up to the Horizons Unlimited event in Virginia at the end of April - it will be a great opportunity to meet the locals and gather insight into the next stage - the ride across the Arizona.
The next task will be to pack the panniers and sort out what to take and what the leave - I know that half the stuff I pack in probably not needed - but which half !!! Minimal is the watch word.
The link to the Spot Nav will start in April and the link is :
https://share.delorme.com/nigelgrace
and the password is Madiba