ooh, me sweaty nads !!

Hello to the free world, any one who's ended up here by mistake and those of you who have actually made the effort to come and have a look! This is the sad story of a man who has suddenly realised that his not quite athletic body (and I know that's stretching the definition of the word just a little bit!) may not live up to the challenge put before it by one of his oldest friends! That is to cycle nearly 700 miles from Berlin to Stockholm !! For no good reason other than why not!

Saturday, May 27, 2006

Something had to give.

Don't worry mum, it wasn't my knees, it was the bike! Ben noticed a quite pronounced buckle in my rear wheel and when I stopped to inspect it I found one of the spokes had broken, causing the buckle. (whatever happened to BOG Standard - ) Not a serious problem, I just loosened off the rear brakes to let the wheel spin freely (back brake are for girls anyway.)

It hasn't stopped us doing a nice and fast run this morning to a little port called Loftahammar for lunch (28 miles in 2 hours), in mainly glorious sunshine!

First time we've really seen the sun for about 10 days! Lovely, sitting here at the marina and taking it all in.

Similar distance to go this afternoon.

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Name: Neil

Age: 36

Gender: male

Astrological Sign: Virgo

Location: London : England : United Kingdom

About Me

This is going to be a journey into the unknown for me! I am not a cyclist, haven't really ridden a bike in about 20 years, and never over any great distance! Suddenly I'm about to embark on a cycling 'holiday', covering up to 50 miles a day! And I haven't really done any training. With two weeks to go I have finally borrowed a bike and gone on a couple of 17 mile rides, and I'm feeling OK. But bits of my body may not feel so good when I start doing ~50 miles in day. We'll have to wait and see. this is all my old friend Ben's fault. He is a keen cyclist, and has cycled distances before.

So the fun begins!

For the latest route plan and intinerary, see Ben's link below

My mate Ben

I'll put the pictures on here properly when I get the chance, but to see them before then you need to highlight and copy the bit below where O2 says click here - starts with http:// and ends on the same line with numbers. Paste this link into the browser window and hit return (go). You should see the pictures on a O2 page (in a naff phone).You can look at larger versions or click on next below the phone if there is more than one picture)

ooh, me sweaty nads !!

Saturday, May 27, 2006

Something had to give.

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