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Seen at Chanonry Point over the weekend. This is one of the best places in the world to watch dolphins from shore, and we were fortunate to see some although they moved slowly further and further out into the Moray Firth.
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Another cold morning but Spring is on its way!
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Day and night in Nanterre
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Why shouldn’t everyone look out for each other? I’d go so far as to say it would be nice if we did it without thinking.
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I suspect there is less chance of snow this Christmas
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At night, with a taxi rank full of queuing customers but devoid of any taxis.
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This is my more usual view from the Eurostar train, of this bridge over the Thames. My least usual view of the bridge is here.
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Weird to think that a year ago I was engaged in the most epic bicycle ride of my life: London Edinburgh London. My soundtrack to that ride was Amy McDonald, with this song. It was largely in my head, but occasionally belted out on a long empty road when I needed to pick my spirits up. There is something adventurous and exciting in this song that brought it to mind while I was on this most adventurous of rides.
The best part of having a soundtrack in your head is that you can mash it up with other songs. Strangely, I mashed up the chorus of This is the Life with the chorus of the Cranberries song Zombie. It somehow worked.
So what are my long term reflections on London-Edinburgh-London? I remember in the immediate aftermath of the ride, discussing with friends that I had no desire to do it again. I remember saying that it was a brilliant ride that was spoiled by the time-limit which added constant pressure to keep pushing on, night and day. There were large sections of the ride where the natural beauty of the country couldn’t be appreciated because we were riding through it at night. And there was the physical pain obviously in various parts of the body. Even then, I had a notion in the back of my mind that I could change my mind. A year later, only the romantic memories have stuck: I know the ride had ups and downs but I am 100% certain I will do the ride again, if possible.
Here is an overview of the route, from my live tracker:
Stats:
1,441 km
11,128 metres of climbing
73.5 hours of cycling
114 hours elapsed time
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