My Journal
Final missive of three incredible years!
Reflections So how does one summarise the most incredible experience of a lifetime? It’s as impossible as the adventure itself! I have been on the road for the best part of three years, with minor health interruptions! I’ve had the opportunity to ride Bob in 5...
Job Done
Video Update - Final Miles...Well as many of you know, my final days ride in to Banff was washed out, and so I was determined to finish off the Divide as I had intended….on the Divide. It was a matter of finding the right time when it wasn’t raining! Since I arrived...
Fernie to… Banff (almost!)
So here we are….(nearly….see below) at the end of an incredible adventure. The last section of the Divide is a steady uphill drag from Fernie to Banff, with the last bit downhill…some sort of perverse reward for the near 200,000ft of climbing up to that point! I left...
Canada
Video UpdateI awoke at the Bike Station in a soaking wet tent….next to a river + cold = condensation! But I got it dry before rolling it up, stuffed some breakfast in to me and got on my way around 7, destination Canada. I felt relieved to have gotten through the US...
Reunion
Great Irish pub in Butte run by a guy from Co Antrim Having arrived in Butte and spent too long in the bath ( I’ll not go in to details about the hideous scum line around the bath on my exit 🤣🤣) I finally caught up with my daughter Charlie on Monday. She’d driven 10...
Ennis
Ennis, and then north to Butte My zero day in Ennis was such a relaxing day. I witnessed small town America celebrating its national 4July holiday with the town parade in the morning and fireworks in the evening, along with spectacular weather patterns shimmering off...