Just about to leave for Aberdeenshire

Posted by Andy Hamilton - 20/10/08 at 11:10:11 am

My panier bags are packed, I have a selection of maps, new tyres on my bike, refelctive things, new lights so I am just about to go. Apart from one thing my bike is no where to be seen. It is ok as it is sitting at a bike shop being serviced, it should be ready at 1pm. Great timing as that is when the rain will stop, the weather forecast says so – No rain from 1pm until I arrive. I have checked the forecast for the whole way and it will be clear and bright with a tail wind to push me along every day….. IF ONLY!

Winds are picking up and the temperatures are dropping as we approach winter time. I can’t help thinking that this journey would have been much nicer in the Spring, saying that we had so much rain this summer that this is possibly the best time to do anything. Espeically gardening, I heard that this summer there were more slugs in Devon and Somerset than people in the world. So despite cycling in it I am kind of hoping for a cold snap.

I hope I am fine when I set off I do have a mate that dabbles in alimentology who thinks my gut is stressed and so I need to calm it down before I set off that was last week and I think now I have everything sorted all of me is less stressed and I am just looking forward to the journey despite the weather.

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1. Good luck!

   Jandra

   Comment by Jandra — October 20, 2008 #

2. Good luck Andy

   Comment by Shirley — October 23, 2008 #

3. Hi Andy – any chance you could log in and let us know how you are going? The winds are mostly southerly up here at the moment, so you’ll be fine…

   Comment by Ina — October 24, 2008 #

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