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Tourist day in Polonnaruwa LifeDay 25,401
Some things I learned as a tourist in Sri Lanka today. I must remember: Make sure camera battery is fully charged! Wear shoes that are easily removable. Wear a shirt that easily comes off, only applies to men 🙂 Toughen your feet up, as a lot of walking barefoot over sharp sand. Make sure it…
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Anuradhapura to Trincomalee biking on lifeday 25,399
Once again I left early without breakfast, it seems so much better than wasting time in the coolest part of the day. Amazing to see all the school girls dressed in pure white dresses from infants to seniors. Must be a nightmare for washing. Once out of town the road wasn’t busy except for the…
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Kilinochchi to Anuradhapura Lifeday
This place was a first for me. The guy on reception bought a cup of tea to my room OK it was totally disgusting but its the thought that counts 🙂 I made a very early start at before 7am by dispensing with breakfast and hitting the road before peak sun. I was pretty certain…
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Jaffna to Kilinochchi via Point Pedro on Lifeday 25,397
Today was a feast of Hindu Temples and seeing the mindless destruction of the civil war coupled to a visit of Sri Lanka’s northern most point. I didn’t leave Old Park Villa until well after 8am due to the dilatory nature of the staff. I don’t think they are used to folks wanting to dash…
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Kochikade to Puttalam on Lifeday 25,394
An excellent day, great breakfast at the hotel and I was on the road by 7.05 even after having by picture taken. The route I created step by step on Strava worked very well, avoiding the main road until there was no alternative at Chilaw. Even though today was a national holiday for Independence Day…
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Summary of 2016 on Day 25,390
Before I disappear on my next adventure I thought I would do a bit of an overview on last year, 2016. Strava with the Veloviewer plugin produces this rather elegant chart (now if only Fitbit would get one instead of hoarding your data). As you can see I did 7,055 miles on the bikes…
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First ride after Gorilla Guru BikeFit on day 25,346
On Sunday I went out for the day with Sally’s group, Sandringham & West Norfolk Cyclists for their Christmas run to Holkham Hall. In my case mainly to see if the Gorilla Guru bikefit had made any difference to my riding. I did the 54 miles and 1,381 feet of ascent at an average speed of…
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Gorilla Guru Bike fit on my 25,344 day.
After biking for over 62 years I thought it was time to go and get measured up, for the first time, at Gorilla Bikes with a super duper Guru bike fit. I was recommended to visit by Mike of Sally’s cycling group SWNC to try Gorilla Bikes as they use the Guru Fit System fully…
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End of Morocco bike trip. Lifeday 25,324
I’m returning home from Rabat today 76 days after leaving Cambridge. Although I’ve returned back to the UK a couple of times. Once from La Rochelle and once from Zaragoza both times with Ryanair. Total days in the saddle including the time when I was biking around Ibiza with Sally was 39 days and distance…
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Larache to Kenitra. Lifeday 25,319
The weather forecast yesterday was so, so right 🙁 I awoke to very wet roads a very threatening sky and a wind that was going to be in my face all day long and a very long day at that. The breakfast at the neighbouring cafe was excellent 2 fried eggs, bread, coffee, orange juice…