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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/GLAJOG-Day-5-Bonar-Bridge-to-Bettyhill
Day 5 Complete!!
An excellent day's cycling today, despite a dodgy start. Paul had a puncture, it was raining and we had stayed in a horrible hotel in Bonaar Bridge.
The first 20 miles of the day were uphill, so it was a long slog, but surprisingly we were all feeling pretty ...
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/GLAJOG-Day-3-Fort-William-to-Drumnadrochit
Day 3 Complete!!
We awoke this morning to torrential rain in Fort William and it's fair to say we were all at a bit of a low ebb. Could we face cycling on the A82 in these conditions? The weather offered a little comfort by promising brighter weather in the afternoon, ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/GLAJOG-Day-2-Crainlarich-to-Fort-William
Day 2 Complete!!
I awoke today thinking the old legs might struggle to recover from yesterday's exertions, but it turned out the opposite was true. I felt pretty strong all day and showed the youngsters a thing or two on the hills ;)
The big climbs today were up to Tyndrum and ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
The final route has been decided and we start in less than 48 hours!! I'll try to provide daily updates if I can get an internet connection in the Scottish wilderness :)
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/GLAJOG-Day-1-Scotstounhill-to-Crainlarich
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/GLAJOG-Day-2-Crainlarich-to-Fort-William
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/GLAJOG-Day-3-Fort-William-to-Drumnadrochit
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/GLAJOG-Day-4-Drumnadrochit-to-Bonar-Bridge
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/GLAJOG-Day-5-Bonar-Bridge-to-Bettyhill
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/GLAJOG-Day-6-Bettyhill-to-John-O-Groats
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Well, that's me back after four weeks out in Ottawa. Despite the flight cancellations in Chicago and Heathrow, I amazingly made it through unscathed and had a very uneventful journey home (apart from the pirate of course).
It feels kinda weird being back here on my own, but it's really good ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
I set the alarm for 6am today for my big day trip to Niagara Falls.
It's a bit of a stretch doing this trip from Ottawa in a day, as it's a 1200km round trip, but I've always wanted to see the falls and I needed something to take my mind ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
It seems sushi is the big thing here in Ottawa. The hotel I'm staying in has it's own Japanese sushi chef and when I went out with a few guys from the office last night, the choice of restaurant was between three different sushi places.
A refreshing change from the USA, ...
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
Planned a nice 5 mile route round the Canadian capital for my walk today. Starting at Byward Market on the East side of the city I walked to the Rideau canal and wandered along the path you can see in the picture. It was -10 at this point, with a ...
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
It gets mighty chilly in these parts folks!
I set off this morning from Ottawa at around 8am for a day trip to Montreal. The temperature indicator in the car read -19 degrees, so I knew that the two jumpers I had on probably weren't going to be enough to fend ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
I'm not normally a huge Foo Fighters fan, but when someone walked into my office today asking if I fancied an all expenses paid corporate ticket to their gig in Ottawa, it didn't take me long to shake off the jet lag and say "oh, ok then".
The concert was at ...
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