Delayed

I have put back the cycling 24 hours. the part from Miami only arrived today so I will set off tomorrow. It's packing time!
James, my bro, lent me a Brooks saddle for the trip. He assures me that they are the best, and I have had to work at it to get it into shape. It''s old, and has needed some tlc. Looking at it you would say it was of Amish construction circa 19th century. It is either a great gift from someone who cares, or a bloody great practical joke! Take a look at what he has me riding...

But the guys at Champion know of Brooks saddles, and one fella showed me photo of a monster chopper he had built, with a Brooks cycling saddle in place! I've pinched Naomi's saddle soap from her old stables kit box, and have been rubbing it into the saddle for days now, softening and making sure the leather isn't too brittle.



Non-fat foods. this will happen quite a lot, where i take
random photos of things i like- introducing: an orange tree

I took a trip to Walmart later in the day. Not as big as I had expected, but still a fair old size! The giant supermarkets in Britain are now competing but I've seen french hypermarkets, and the underground hypermarket in Moscow, that are bigger. I was trying to find fat foods. No such bloody thing. Everything is low fat, no fat, no anything really. We have swung too far here folks. Fat should be my choice- I'm going to need calories when cycling. What we should do is educate the populace to choose wisely, not make nannying decisions for them. Rant over.




I pitched my tent for the first time too, to get used to it so i would know what I was doing. And it immediately rained. Now I have a wet tent to pack away.

It looks a little loose, but stayed dry inside despite the wind