nickjones
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Cycling Fukuoka to near Kitakyushu on lifeday 25,455
Thursday 6th April Blimey, what a day to start biking to Tokyo! Next 5 days has rain forecast every day! I started under overcast skies along the sea front squashed between huge warehousing operations and an elevated motorway! It soon opened out to retail parks. I’m following the so-called coastal route I downloaded of the internet.…
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First day in Japan – Fukuoka
The crossing from Busan was very smooth and I slept all the way. The immigration officer looked askance at me and wanted to see my flight home details and how was I going to get to Tokyo? Good question I thought! I tried to get some Yen in the terminal with my plastic but no…
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Biking from Namjiri to Busan & ferry terminal on lifeday 25,454
Tuesday 4th April 2017 My final day on the 4 rivers and what an amazing finish it was! I started off at 8am which was a bit early for the Korean bakeries 🙁 so I made do with a few rolls and other bread bits then proceeded to do an 8km loop onto the…
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Biking the 4 Rivers Trail from Oxpomyeon to Namjiri on lifeday25,452
Monday 3rd April 2017 Well, I was totally wrong about reaching the end of the trail today! It turns out the river twists and turns a lot more than I thought so it’s more like 200 km to Busan 🙂 I set off before 8 as it was such a beautiful morning. I stopped for…
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Glorious biking between Nakdongni and Oxpomyeon on lifeday 25,451
I woke to thick mist over the river but every sign it was going to be a great day. I wasn’t as starving as I thought I would be after my two fried eggs and small bowl of rice for dinner. Well it is a big beef growing area 🙁 It’s really surprising how local…
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Biking Jeomchondong to Nakdongni via Sangju on LifeDay 25,450
Saturday April 1st 2017 50 years anniversary of leaving home and coming to live in Cambridge for 3 years 🙂 It was a stay or should I go start to the day 🙁 the rain started to clear so I thought I should go. I’m finding it hard to know how long to stay in Korea…
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Biking in the hills between Sunabo to Jeomchon on lifeday 25.449
I woke up to the sound of pouring rain 🙂 However, by the time I had eaten my honey toast for breakfast and chatted to the others the rain had cleared up, although the forecast was still pretty dire for the day. This is the 4 Rivers Trail big hill day 🙂 where you cross the…
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A lazy day in Suanbo Hot Springs on lifeday 25,448
Thursday 30th March 2017 With 5 days in the saddle, 270 miles covered and well over 1 mile of vertical climbed I decided a rest day was called for. Perhaps not the best thing to do on a glorious cycling weather day with more rain & cold forecast for the next few days 🙁 I started…
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Biking Yeoju-Si to Suambo on Lifeday 25,447
Wednesday 29 March 2017 Another great day of biking this time with added sun! I pedalled into town to get breakfast at Paris Baguette which was pretty busy. As I was munching away an American couple, Laura & Scott from Ohio, sat at the adjacent table nearly two hours later after a very interesting chat,…
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Cycling Cheondong (Seoul) to Yeoju-Si on Lifeday 25,446
This was my first complete day on the 4 Rivers bike route and was it amazing! in fact stunning the perfect bike path. Although the weather was less than perfect with an ethereal mist over the views. I decided to try my luck at the local bread shop again, a lot warier than yesterday when one of…