Barbs's Big Bike RIde

This year I have decided to stay and enjoy an English Spring. It has been a long time coming but at last it is here and I am off to explore my own back yard. Well actually travelling up the UK mainland as far north as possible before 21st June and see how close I can get to the Midnight Sun.


After my travels along the Camino de Santiago across northern Spain last September on my trusty old iron donkey, I have bought a lighter bike in the hope that I can get up a few more hills and by going from Lands End to John o Groats (LEJOG) I can avoid the killing headwinds of the Spanish meseta.


So here she is, we had a jolly naming ceremony on Saturday and hopefully the good friends, food and weather I enjoyed will carry me through to the farthest northern climes. Thank you all for a great send off, admirably topped off with one too many pints The Village Bike listening to Mojo Triangle.


And she is called Eleanor, isn't she beautiful, I hope I still have such tender feelings after 6 hours in the saddle, but probably only in the nether regions I fear.


The map link on the right will show a rough itinerary and route and I will try try to update with my actual route, if I can work out how and where I am as I go along, you know there will be little correlation but I will get there or somewhere in the end!


If you want an email update, submit your address in the box also on right and hopefully it will find its way through the ether to you.

Sunday, 13 February 2011

photos at last Hurrah!

At last I have uploaded these photos, I have found the secret, which is extreme patience, approx half hour per picture, I haven't worked out how to order them so excuse the ramdomness of the selection
They are of the project compound, where I am living.  We do have running water but you can see in one of thephoto it is delivered by bicycle and carried up to the water tank.  We have electricity most of the time, and when we don't it is very dark.  The food is pretty good, I have even developed a liking for goat curry!  there is plenty of delivered at regular intervals and the fruit is fantastic.  It can get chilly but there is a fire every night where we can sit, watch telly and play pool, and guess what I came pretty close to beating the 2nd best player in Kenya!  I know he was very good, because he set up all my shots so I could keep up with him; there are some real gentlemen still in the world, thank you Patrick

The work shop where I do my sewing classes

my walk to school

the water delivery with one of the tanks to be filled

my room, the loos are at the rear , you can see the 'hand basin' on the left

my lunch time view, beats Pathfinder house any day, you can just about see the hills behind, at last my room with a view


the evening fire
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2 comments:

  1. Unknown14 February 2011 at 10:39

    Great to see where you are it looks lovely, don't know about the outside washbasin

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  2. Karan Mann15 February 2011 at 15:38

    Alright Babs - hope your having fun! If you reduce the picture quality on your camera settings you should get much smaller sized files which will be quicker to upload!

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