Articles by Mr Wheelie
This hat or that hat
Posted July 24, 2007 at 05:18 AM
I thought it best since I had made my excuses to get in a hotel that I should perhaps repack everything and post some stuff back. Wise move. Previously it has been too chilly and awkward to strip the bags down and start again. Next to my radiator I was ruthless. Almost.
Popped into the post office and sent off the parcel.
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Delusions
Posted July 24, 2007 at 05:15 AM
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
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
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 [...]
Mountains...oh how nice (part 2)
Posted July 24, 2007 at 05:08 AM
I wanted to camp but didn't even have even enough water for a cuppa. I found a petrol station, bought a load of bottles, emptied them into my water bladder, was offered some gloves and then back tracked to do a nifty little left turn up a dirt track. Campy campy time.
Light was fading but managed to find a superb spot. The moon was out [...]
