mr_hippo
Living Legend & Old Fart
I checked ‘Recent Deaths’ in Wikipedia and there was no mention of me so I think I am still alive! So where have I been?
A bad foot infection in early April stopped me from cycling and later in the month my wife died and I just went to pieces. Sometimes you think it just cannot get any worse but it can! Her family emptied all our accounts by presenting to the banks the passbooks, a copy of Goy’s death certificate and stating that I had left the country! The landlord gave me 24hours to get of his house and I ended up in a small, dark apartment in BangSue, Bangkok – the place that God forgot about!
I have had to sell most of my possessions including my Trek520 tourer and my Trek 7200 hybrid. I only have my Trek 2.5 left – road bike frame but built up with touring components so it’s a fast light day tourer. One bike was sold before the landlord threw me out of his house and the other two were stored at a friend’s house in LopBuri. The only cycling I done was to ride the 2.5 from LopBuri to Bangkok, about 170k, and taking the 520 to my LBS to besold.
Now I am living with a nice lady in Nakorn Ratchasima, about 300 kms from Bangkok and am back on the bike. Had a short ride two days ago and a longer one yesterday. It was great to get out again; raining today so cannot go.
Looking forward to getting the pedals turning again and after 10 years in a flat Bangkok, it’s nice to see some hills!
A bad foot infection in early April stopped me from cycling and later in the month my wife died and I just went to pieces. Sometimes you think it just cannot get any worse but it can! Her family emptied all our accounts by presenting to the banks the passbooks, a copy of Goy’s death certificate and stating that I had left the country! The landlord gave me 24hours to get of his house and I ended up in a small, dark apartment in BangSue, Bangkok – the place that God forgot about!
I have had to sell most of my possessions including my Trek520 tourer and my Trek 7200 hybrid. I only have my Trek 2.5 left – road bike frame but built up with touring components so it’s a fast light day tourer. One bike was sold before the landlord threw me out of his house and the other two were stored at a friend’s house in LopBuri. The only cycling I done was to ride the 2.5 from LopBuri to Bangkok, about 170k, and taking the 520 to my LBS to besold.
Now I am living with a nice lady in Nakorn Ratchasima, about 300 kms from Bangkok and am back on the bike. Had a short ride two days ago and a longer one yesterday. It was great to get out again; raining today so cannot go.
Looking forward to getting the pedals turning again and after 10 years in a flat Bangkok, it’s nice to see some hills!