Month: May 2026
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Zenpukuji Ike
I’d intended to ride yesterday, but hadn’t slept well and so relaxed at home all day. I slept much better last night but still awoke feeling tired and listless. I spent some time staring at the map, wondering if there was a shorter (and less trafficked) route from home to the Tamagawa. And then while…
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Magic Kingdom Lunch
The weather has been cooler this week, with rain, following temperatures touching 30C at the beginning of the week. This morning was positively chilly, with a cold wind under overcast skies. Rather than set off at 8 as I’d intended, I waited until 10, when the temperature had reached 14C, and I wore a long-sleeve…
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That’s 100, Joe
On Friday I had a chat with Fearless Leader Joe about how we’re not getting any younger, and it’s time to make those bike trips we’ve been talking about for ages. (For reference, it’s now seven years since we did Land’s End to John o’ Groats, and we had a similar conversation prior to that…