Category: Journal
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We sold the car to the circus … actually the carnival!
Read more: We sold the car to the circus … actually the carnival!On Sunday morning a gentleman from one of the little amusement carnival companies called asking about the car. He was looking for something for his daughter and son-in-law. After running a few last minute errands, we headed to the carnival. The loud rock music and the whirling of the rides reminded me of the weekend…
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Our plans – in brief
Read more: Our plans – in briefHere is our current set of plans: Depart tomorrow: Sunday July 6th. Follow the Ottawa River path and roads on the Ontario side to Hudson Quebec. Follow a Route Verte cycle route from Hudson to Montreal. Follow a Route Verte cycle route from Montreal to Quebec city via the North shore of the St. Laurence.…
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Overcoming the inertia
Read more: Overcoming the inertiaIt is Saturday and we haven’t left yet. Our original plan was to leave on Friday; however, we just were not ready. We have not yet sold the car and we have a moving van coming at 3:30 to pick up our remaining stuff – I hope we will be ready. Once all our stuff…
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Reflections
Read more: Reflections(format cribbed from Brian Huntley) Statistics Distance bicycled: 1204 km (753 miles). Distance in truck due to shifter breakdown: 30 km (19 miles). Time Bicycling: 77 hours, 37 minutes. Riding days: 16 Non-riding days: 3 Average speed: 15.6 km/hr Average day distance: 75.25 km Average ride time in a day: 4 hours 51 minutes Flat…
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Another day another century
Read more: Another day another centuryDistance: 125 km, 6h 50 min. Today was a long ride, but I was expecting it. We set an ambitious goal of riding to Merickville for lunch and then onto home. On our longer days, our lunch stop had been at about 1:00 or 1:30 pm, today, it we didn’t make it until 2:30 pm.…
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Serendipity
Read more: SerendipityThroughout this trip, we have had many instances of pure chance luck which I am putting down to serendipity. Several times rain has fallen just as we found a place for lunch and stopped by the time we got back on our bikes. This might sound planned, but the places to stop for lunch were…
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One pedal stroke at a time
Read more: One pedal stroke at a time60 km, 3 hr 15 min When we left Trenton this morning, the sun was shining. There were a few scary clouds in the sky promising rain later in the day. There was a Hercules airplane flying overhead. It was going in circles and occasionally coming rather low. When we were close to the base…
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Hobbling along to Napanee
Read more: Hobbling along to NapaneeWe have heard from Roloff regarding the shifter; unfortunately, it is not a stock Roloff shifter, such that we need to be contacting HP Velo. We are also concerned that Scott’s shifter might be showing signs of the same problem mine has. Before we can do any further examination, we need to get a torx…