Month: April 2017
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Biting the bullet in Japan
Thursday 27th April 2017 Tokyo to Onomichi [sgpx gpx=”/wp-content/uploads/gpx/Track_2017-04-27 143816.gpx”] Both Sally and my sister kept getting on at me for not trying out the bullet trains in Japan. Since I had a week left before my flight home I decided to bite the bullet (gettit). So yesterday I went to the main Tokyo station and…
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Cycling Japan – Iwatsuki to Tokyo!
Tuesday 25 April 2017 [sgpx gpx=”/wp-content/uploads/gpx/Track_2017-04-25 133429.gpx”] Strava is here Pictures here Hotel Toyoko Nihonb Fine windy day and lovely ride down Arakawa River & Canal
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Cycling Japan – Takasaki to Iwatsuki
Monday 24 April 2017 [sgpx gpx=”/wp-content/uploads/gpx/Track_2017-04-24 170000.gpx”] Strava is here and Photos here Perfect biking day weather
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Cycling Japan – Chino to Takasaki
[sgpx gpx=”/wp-content/uploads/gpx/Track_2017-04-23 184407.gpx”] Strava route details and here the pictures I took are here Weather: Sunny all day but only 6 degrees at the top Hotel: Toyoko Inn 1 in Takasaki Great ride up to over 7000 feet, amazing to see really deep snow at the side of the road. The most stunning descent ever down…
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Cycling Japan Ina to Chino
[sgpx gpx=”/wp-content/uploads/gpx/Track_2017-04-22 134226.gpx”] Strava is here Pics are here Hotel is Candeo Hotel Chino An excellent lightweight day following the river upstream to Okaya then around the West side of Lake Suwa finishing in Chino at 1.30pm to rest and do domestic chores. Beautiful blossom and snow on the tops of the mountains. Now makes…
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Biking Nakatsugawa to Ina
[sgpx gpx=”/wp-content/uploads/gpx/Track_2017-04-21 195530.gpx”] Strava is here Pics here Hotel: Ebisu Hotel, Ina Really tough day following the Magomejuku Post Trail for most of the day then through the major tunnels more than one mile long each. Did usual trick of backtracking after stopping 🙁 but only a mile or two today.
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Cycling Inuyama big loop then to Nakatsugawa
[sgpx gpx=”/wp-content/uploads/gpx/Track_2017-04-20 190635.gpx”] Strava is here Today.s pics with lots of flashbacks to yesterday 🙁 Hotel tonight is Plaza Hotel Dispiriting day with massive short-term memory failure meaning after breakfast I followed the route I used yesterday to get here 🙁
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Cycling Japan Hikone to Inuyama
Wednesday 19th April 2017 First apologies to those who are expecting the old full-length posts of old that take an hour or more to do. [sgpx gpx=”/wp-content/uploads/gpx/Track_2017-04-19 164446.gpx”] Todays Strava Today’s Pics Today’s weather: very blustery Ride highlights: having coffee with a group of oldies in the delightful village of Kashibara Accommodation: Inuyama Guesthouse Jesse…
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Cycling Japan – Kyoto to Hikone
Tues 18 April 2017 [sgpx gpx=”/wp-content/uploads/gpx/Track_2017-04-18 171102.gpx”] Today’s Strava Todays Dropbox pics High headwind 16 degrees no rain Cycled with Jesse from Penang, Malayasia Hotel APA Hikoneminami
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Three days biking from Hof to Higashihiroshima upto lifeday 25,460
Tuesday 11th April I apologise to my regular readers for the brief hiatus due mainly to me feeling distinctly unwell sneezing, producing voluminous mucus & feeling tired, I was going to have a rest day in Hiroshima today but I fell out with the hotel I booked (they wouldn’t store the bike) and the hotel I did…