You may have sometimes heard it said, ‘if I’d known then what I know now, I’d have done things differently.’ But of course that’s rubbish. I’d do it all again just the same way. You’d have to if you want to know what you know now. That’s how causality works. You don’t get the knowledge […]
Written on Monday 2nd Feb: I am finally on the boat to France! A week later than expected, but the sun is shining and the sea is calm and I am as ready as I’ll ever be to start the real adventure of this trip. Already my departure from Glossop on 17th Jan seems like […]
This is it then, the night before the off. My panniers are finally packed, everything else (almost) is boxed up and ready to drop round tomorrow for storing in my pal’s loft (how can I still have so much stuff?!). While everyone else in the house is kicking out zeds, I’m on here to record […]
As with many other moments in my recent day to day life, my imminent departure lends tonight a curious ‘significance’, in that it would otherwise be the night before I would be going back to work after the Christmas holiday. Many of my friends and family are at this moment getting an early night, perhaps […]
It’s been a busy few months since I decided to start the ball (bike?!) rolling towards leaving on a long bicycle adventure in early 2015. I won’t bore you with the gory details, but suffice to say I have now survived laser eye surgery, getting up to date at the dentist and two rounds of immunisation injections […]
