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From Delhi to Dublin: All systems go
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Monday, 4 August 2008. Stage 26: Paris to London (512km). Day 1: 145.8km Verneuil. Day 2: 115.1km Bynd Lyons de Foret. Day 3: 119.5km Noyelle sur Mer. Day 4: 131.9km Near Folkestone (England). Hhhhmmmm", I thought to myself, "Alasdair seems to have a bit of a buckle in his back wheel. It looks worse than yesterday.". Hey Alasdair, it looks like you have a buckle in your back wheel. It looks worse than yesterday. Stop a while and lets have a look at it.". While looking at the broken wheel off the boat.
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From Delhi to Dublin: July 2008
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Thursday, 24 July 2008. A good little singsong. Stage 25: Basel to Paris (576km: Total = 12,417km). Day 1: 81.6km Before Le Markstein (France). Day 2: 122.7km Near Mirecourt. Day 3: 135.6km Beyond Montier-en-Der. Day 4: 131.9km Beyond Esternay. Day 5: 104.5km Paris. Don't stop me now (Queen). Whiskey in the Jar (Thin Lizzy). Dirty old Town (The Pogues version). The Wild Rover (don't know). The Irish Rover (Pogues again). Fairytale of New York (another Pogues). All the Lonely People (Beatles). Day 8: 144&...
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From Delhi to Dublin: April 2008
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Thursday, 17 April 2008. Stage 16.3 Limassol to Girne. Day 1: 125km Girne. Things i have noticed lately about your blog: the beard is still in evidence; you give the thumbs-up sign WAY too often; there are too many photos of various skeletons; i haven't seen a photo with you and someone of the female of the species for a very, VERY long time. 82 Turkish Lira (around €50? Ps ıf Turkish Cyprus is a country, it was number 10 of my trip. A McDonalds carton by the side of the road. Tuesday, 15 April 2008.
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From Delhi to Dublin: May 2008
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Friday, 30 May 2008. So there I was cycling out of Mitrovica, my body protesting to the strain, rain pelting down, and not really knowing what awaited me in the next country. I guess you could call it a good day. I camped in a forest that night. Why should I mention that? I crossed the lake (a big one in NE Albania where one can catch a ferry to Tirane [the capital]) by the town of Fierze, which I had passed through before even realising it. That's where the asphalt ended. From Puke to Shkoder the road w...
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From Delhi to Dublin: March 2008
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Friday, 28 March 2008. Stage 13: Beirut to Amman (351km). Day 1: 78.0km. Day 2: 37.3km Damascus. Day 3: 85.8km. Day 4: 83.0km. Day 5: 67.3km Amman. We woke up to find that one white car had been replaced by another, and that the four occupants of the first car (3 men and Mr Kalishnikov) and been exchanged for four men (and Mr Hidden Kalishnikov). We don't know if they stayed there all night, but we guess we did. The car the following morning followed us for 15km. It disappeared soon after the final r...
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From Delhi to Dublin: January 2008
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Wednesday, 30 January 2008. Applied for (and very easily got) 30 day extension for Iran. Cost: IR100,000 (about 8 euro). Bus to Esfahan for a tearful reunion with Sicander (the name i have now christened my bike; but due to a lack of champagne, I merely danced naked round it 3 times whilst waving a burning branch). A thorough washing off of the small amount of rust on my beautiful steed. Drinking tea whilst wishing I was simultaneously smoking a qalyan. Wandering the bazaars of Esfahan. I hope you enjoy ...
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From Delhi to Dublin: February 2008
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Thursday, 28 February 2008. Stage 8: Orumiyeh to Hakkari. Day 1: 95.6km Yüksekova. Day 2: 79.0km Hakkari. Good Iranian Road Sign. Bad Iranin Road Sign. Hanging out wıth my new friends the shepherds. The day ended nıcely wıth a long descent ınto Yüksekova. I'll let the pıctures descrıbe what I found. These guys are cleanıng the roof. How? The afternoons have been blue skıes wıth barely a cloud ın the sky. The same ıs not true for the mornıngs. Agaın, I'll let photos do the hard work. I've passed 3 checkpo...
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From Delhi to Dublin: Detour after detour
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Monday, 14 July 2008. Stage 24: Innsbruck to Basel (653km). Day 1: 115.6km Beyond Schongau (Germany). Day 2: 77.7km Augsburg. Day 7: 87.7km Beyond Memmingen. Day 8: 144.6km Beyond Sevelen (Switzerland). Day 9: 112.2km Beyond Winterthur. Day 10: 115.1km Basel. Is this a dead end street or not? I'm afraid I have absolutely no idea" I reply with my left foot planted firmly on the ground. "I just saw the sign saying this was a cycle path and am now following it.". Of course, it was all ruined by that idiotic...
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From Delhi to Dublin: The Big One
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Tuesday, 1 July 2008. Stage 23: Zagreb to Innsbruck (760km). Day 1: 111.3km Near Sumnik (Slovenia). Day 2: 56.3km Ljubljana. Days 3-4: Rest days/drinking days. Day 5: 114.9km Nr Rocinj. Day 6: 107.7km Beyond Gemona (Italy). Day 7: 105.1km Beyond Oberdraubu (Austria). Day 8: 86.2km Near Fusch a.d.Gr (The Big One). Day 9: 94.7km Beyond Gerlos. Day 10: 84.0km Innsbruck. Two nights in Ljubljana turned into three. I usually arise at 6am on the day I'm meant to cycle. This time, the day I was meant to ...A nig...
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From Delhi to Dublin: A good little singsong
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Thursday, 24 July 2008. A good little singsong. Stage 25: Basel to Paris (576km: Total = 12,417km). Day 1: 81.6km Before Le Markstein (France). Day 2: 122.7km Near Mirecourt. Day 3: 135.6km Beyond Montier-en-Der. Day 4: 131.9km Beyond Esternay. Day 5: 104.5km Paris. Don't stop me now (Queen). Whiskey in the Jar (Thin Lizzy). Dirty old Town (The Pogues version). The Wild Rover (don't know). The Irish Rover (Pogues again). Fairytale of New York (another Pogues). All the Lonely People (Beatles). Maybe that'...