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One Week in...

Alright... Just arrived in Tenby, Wales. Too many tourists for my liking. However, the weather here is perfect, and they can't be blamed.

Briefly, I have visited:
Accrington
Blackburn


Ormskirkrk (Cheers Ross for Accom)

Liverpool


Cheshire
Bangor
Nant Peris

Harlech
Barmouth

Borth

Aberistwyth
Cardigan
Newport
Fishgard

Pembroke
Tenby.

Up to Borth, the ride has been physically enjoyable, except for the Llanberis Pass. So, as soon as I set off from Borth, I was faced with a 25% gradient. And, pretty much, it has been up and down like this all the way to Tenby. Pretty soul destroying, but, the views have been worth it. I think. Nearly killed myself, cycling from Aberistwyth to Cardigan. I put all my energy into riding to Cardigan, and forgot to save some energy to find a campsite. barely managed to put my tent up.

Anyhow, I am still alive. Stove works like magic, tent is great.
Only gear problems: Brakes need service due to said hills, and my Alpkit camp mat is fucked. I subconsciously inflate it at least three times per night, which makes me laugh. I imagine myself trying to inflate my matress back home in my sleep.

Sleeping has been a mixture of pleasure and pain. Slept on the beach at Borth, and woke to be savaged by sand flies. still itchy. Anyway, I am planning on camping on Tenby golf course tonight. Gonna pick a late hole, like the 9th, so that I get enough time to shift if I hear golfers in the morning.

Later.

16.9.06 17:26
 


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Simplelsie / Website (16.9.06 22:58)
I'm going to have to get out a map--that's a very long list of places you've been and I've no idea where any of them are.
Watch out on that course tonight. If you hear "fore", duck your head and put your arms over it.
Sleep well.


Tatler (27.9.06 12:53)
Well, the hills should only get easier as you get further south...if that's any consolation for your aching body. But then the nights will be getting colder...hmm, puncture repair kit required for that mat me thinks. Or pay some Polish chick peanuts to keep it inflated throughout the night!
Keep those legs pushing and think of the sweet downhill to come.
Enjoy,
A v jealous fellow biker.

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