A good read for a Sunday morning😁

[steveindenmark]

A new touring book is in the making. It is going to be a good laugh 😁

A 350 pound hod carrier decides to go cycle touring with no experience, a set of trawlermans waterproofs and no plan of where to go.

https://www.stephenpeel.co.uk/

 

[snorri]

I like his style.

 

[Randomnerd]

Followed his blog. Last I heard he had turned around and gone home (?). Wasn’t he on here at some point?

 

[gavroche]

Thanks for the recommendation @steveindenmark . I started reading it and can't wait for the rest of it. Excellent read.

 

[Archie_tect]

For A-Level we had to do Mayor of Casterbridge, take it or leave it.

 

[steveindenmark]

For A-Level we had to do Mayor of Casterbridge, take it or leave it.

What does that mean? 🤔

 

[Archie_tect]

I've just realised I'd replied to a post on a different thread, so my earlier post makes no sense whatsoever in the context of this thread!

Sorry Steve!.

 

[HobbesOnTour]

He used to be active on here.
I read his blog and found it very inspiring.
He broke a lot of the "rules" in terms of experience and weight but but ride his own tour. He was also quite honest about the loneliness of the long term cycle tourer.
He had a lot of problems with his bike in France due to incompatibility of his Rohlhoff hub and frame and had to return for a while before starting again.
He did stop his tour to return to the UK and his website started promoting a diet or nutritional supplement or something like that.
He's been active on Facebook touring groups recently as well, presumably begining to promote the book.

If he keeps the honesty of his blog it should be a good read.

 

[Chris S]

A 350 pound hod carrier decides to go cycle touring with no experience, a set of trawlermans waterproofs and no plan of where to go.

That's 25 stone for anybody in the UK

 

[snorri]

That's 25 stone for anybody in the UK

Eh?

159kg for us post WW2 babies

Edit. 159kg..Wow!