Tag: cycling
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I Almost Didn’t Make the Start Line
“It felt as if everything that had happened so far in my life had been leading me to this point, preparing me for this task, and that I was uniquely equipped to pursue this quest. It was a perfect collision of personality, past experience, purpose, and timing.” ― Roz Savage, Stop Drifting, Start Rowing. My meticulous plan…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 30th May 2018
ODO 1445km Location Pass between Fushi am See and Sammy Gilken, Astria Weather 14-27 broken cloud Feelings Tired and unwelcome [post_gallery] Today I’m tired from my hundred miler yesterday. Everybody seem moody and I don’t have as good chats as I’ve had so far. Or maybe people are just becoming less friendly down here. I…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 29th May 2018
ODO 1324km Location A forest outside of Edling, Germany Weather 18-27℃ mostly overcast alto stratus Feelings After a slow morning I ended the day on the highest point of the trip. [post_gallery] I was slow going in the morning, being woken by a dog walker who had a massive attack dog but believed it wouldn’t…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 28th May 2018
ODO 1150km Location between Günzbg and Burgau in Germany Weather 15-33℃ degrees. Clear Feelings Tired and hung over [post_gallery] Starting a little hung over from my first beer in around a year I waved Andi goodbye asbestos heading across the park and down by the river through a valley of factories, all of which seemed…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 27th May 2018
ODO 1028km Location Stuttgart Weather 15-31 And humid. Thunderstorms building but refusing to break. Feelings tired on the road but elated to meet such amazing hosts in the evening [post_gallery] Since the start of the day my goal had been to get to Stuttgart. Since entering Germany I felt like I needed some company and…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 26th May 2018
ODO 899km Location Rhineland-Palentine, Germany Weather 15-32 – sunny humid and hot! Feelings Tired in the morning but happy in the afternoon – I think hills effect my feelings a lot! [post_gallery] I slept the whole night through for the first time. I think my cold is pretty much over at last. Now I have…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 25th May 2018
ODO 757km Location Near Bitburg, Germany Weather 27 warm and humid all day Feelings Happy whilst flat. Exhausted on hills at the end. Starting to feel the loneliness [post_gallery] I woke and opened my tent door as the morning mist rose from the trees as smoke from a tinder. The forests of western German are…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 24th May 2018
ODO 628km Location REVAL48 – Railway come cycleway in Germany Weather 12-27℃ Stormy showers into the evening Feelings High spirits listening to music. This morning in Belgium and experienced the Netherlands and Germany before following the German/Belgian border. The Belgian roads have been the best but this afternoon, while climbing my first 500m hill alongside…