Portsmouth - Great Missenden, 140km
Great Missenden - Forest of Dean 176km
Forest - of Dean - Brecon 64km
Brecon - Simpson Cross 150km
Simpson Cross - Machynlleth 143km
Machynlleth - Newtown 50km
Newtown - Chase Terrace 118km
Great Missenden - Forest of Dean 176km
Forest - of Dean - Brecon 64km
Brecon - Simpson Cross 150km
Simpson Cross - Machynlleth 143km
Machynlleth - Newtown 50km
Newtown - Chase Terrace 118km
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| Base camp...Great Missenden |
Now with friends, Steve, Peggy, dogs, chickens, plants and vegetables, a little humble oasis amid the swarms of prestige cars, horse boxes and quaint, 300 acre estates...."release the hounds I see some of those undesirables have arrived......"
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| come on felicity..move your ass! |
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| the good life |
I guess the comfort of the ride with this recumbent position had given me a false sense of ability, tempting me to push the boundaries as far as possible, but these things come as a lesson and so nothing else to be done now except to rest for a few days.
I adjusted my riding position, because I discovered my left leg seemed to be shorter than my right, which I got a bit upset about discovering that I am not perfectly symmetrical, and figured that must have been causing that leg to overstretch.
Today I went out for a short ride, the first time in about a week that I felt any sort of noticeable relief returning, and went well, so soon I think we will be heading off again, but try to be a bit more reasonable maybe, west towards Wales over the Black mountains and into Haverfordwest.
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| great food and the award goes to Peggy for creating the most extreme, sticky toffee pudding with a calorie intake equivalent to 57 deep fried, battered mars bars....well done...! |
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| thank you my friends, great few days. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Going to Dover _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Harrogate - Matlock 117km Matlock - Chase Terrace 77km Rugby - Great Missenden 111km Great Missenden - Portgrave 127km Portgrave - Dover 89km __________________________________________________________________________________________________ I am here and the time is now, Britain is flowing behind me in a wake of yesterdays news, the white cliffs of Dover, say farewell but hello to new places and faces of tomorrow. Just wondering seems to be the thing to do, when you dont know where you are or where you are going next, then there is no point worry too much about the direction, because we always end up where we wanted to be in the end, aimlessly wondering, especially in nature brings about new discoveries, new places and new faces, so it is good to lose attatchments of what should or should not be, maybe this is the lesson we are being tested with? and the doubts that will present themselves with this particular chapter. Important to relax, not fight with things too much and allow situations to freely enter, the way they want to. If our minds are not free, relaxed then we will never be able to organise our lives into a peaceful order, make the right choices, because our decisions will always be directed by fears and insecurities, desires based upon bagage and pollution of modern life, so therefore our true direction will always be off course and feel like we are not going anywhere. Take long walks in nature to clear the mind of distracting thoughts, fears. Meditate, think alot, see yourself, others and ultimately to understand life. Life is like surfing, taking a huge wave by mistake and suddenly it becomes a frightening ride of survival, and you dont know how you are going to get away with it, eventually it dunks you under and you are struggling to breathe, fighting, trying to get to the air, feeling like you are suffocating, but if you relax it feels not so bad just let it tumble you around and soon enough you pop up, you get to take a huge lungful of air, suddenly you have forgotten all your troubles, you are in the present moment, alive, and can see clearly again all around you, and now you know where you need to go...! Just go..... It is never to late to learn anything, it is never too late to know we dont know anything, this way there are always new surprises and discoveries around the corner, in this ocean of quantum potential. |
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| Forest of Dean |
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| Rainy days and dreaming of girls, I keep searching...but where is she? |
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| here comes the rain,it has been waiting for my return I am sure of it. |
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| Nolton Bay, Haverdfordwest |
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| Hmmm a few solar panels, trailer....? |
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| Pembrokshire coastline, and sunny! |
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| after waiting over a week for the rain and wind to stop, I decided it was not going to, so it was time to say goodbye to my Dad and renata. |
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| 90.5kmh......gale force wind behind me and downhill......a new record for my Azub, it was actually quite scary. |
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| Welsh landscapes |
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| ....somewhere in Wales? |
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| Me, Leah (my daughter), Cynthia |
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| My Mom |
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| Some say I have balls doing what I am doing, but maybe I am just happy to see you? |
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| Heading south, an evening looking out over the Thames estuary |
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| Goodnight London, tomorrow Dover. ......There were a few interesting comments from this country, the most memorable whilst riding through the center of London, a young lad full of Cockney cheek...." fack in ell mate, some geezers gone and put your bike back togever wrong, innit, facking, fack fack fack" |
