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Delusions
Posted July 24, 2007 at 05:15 AM by Mr Wheelie
The temperature stayed at -6 for a few hours in the morning before going up a little bit but not much. The thing that troubles me the most in mornings is having to roll up my sleeping mat and get it in its bag. For physiological reasons I just cant have it outside the panniers as the current load already looks far too big.Living in [...]
Needles
Posted July 24, 2007 at 05:13 AM by Mr Wheelie
Woke up, had breakfast and made ready for the head winds. It has been confirmed by numerous people that these Northerly headwinds are continuous, varying only in their intensity. They are whipping down from Siberia with an unmistakable Russia gusto, picking up speed through mongolia. I look at my map and the route takes my directly north. So be [...]
Warm
Posted July 24, 2007 at 05:10 AM by Mr Wheelie
I woke up feeling clammy all over. I hadn't showered or changed my clothes in quite a while. When its freezing cold the last thing you think about is taking layers off in the evening. I don't think I smell, but who can be sure. My nose is permanently blocked anyway from the cold. Powerful head winds all day whilst going up a hill that [...]
Green and nice (part 2)
Posted July 24, 2007 at 05:02 AM by Mr Wheelie
The roads were awful at the beginning and he was getting thrown all over the place..... but still not even a whimper. Good boy. Hardcore, hard as nails, that's what I like. I swear I could hear him whispering in my ear. Get on Rob, lets get this over and done with. Lets av it ! What a sight we must have made. People were even more [...]
A mad dash to Maoping
Posted July 20, 2007 at 12:48 PM by Mr Wheelie
I left the unknown village and headed down hill. The road was still bad but the down hill made it a million times easier. After lacerating my tires for so many miles I'm sure Little Wheelie was more than happy to hit nice flat roads again.
Hubei has some lovely old buildings nestled in amongst the [...]
