Sep 12 2008
Day 83
Today is Friday, the last day of the week during my first week back at school. It has been a good week, everything has gone as well as can be expected and my classes so far have, on the whole, been excellent.
I just can’t believe how tiring it has been. Tonight I feel the most awake I have been all week although there were a few minutes where I sat in the armchair when I got home and was on the verge of having a nap.
The weather forecast looks good for tomorrow and I shall take part in my own personal challenge – to ride the length of the Isle of Man on my mountain bike taking in the same hilly route as the End to End Challenge. I haven’t done a lot of technical preparation as I feel that the bike should be fine and I just need to ensure I have enough food and water to last me up to 6 hours. Nicola has arranged to meet me at approx. 1/2 way to check I have enough water for the last part of the trip.
I spent this evening checking my maps. I know most of the route but there were a couple of places where I have never ridden before and couldn’t find any route on the map. A quick check on Google Earth and I could see that there was a track worn into the landscape.
I need to try and get a full night’s sleep this evening as I have an early start. I would like to try and get going by 9:00 am but I will have to see how things pan out. As long as I am away for 10:00 am at the latest than I should get to the far side of the island by 4:00 pm.
Just wanted to say hi! …and lend any support that I can
Hi!
What fun…a long bike ride. You know, my stepfather was from the Isle of Man…is there another Isle nearby that? His name was Qualtrough…have you heard of that name there? He was so enamored of his home and talked so much of his ancestors.
Do tell us how the bike ride went. I have done the Camino de Santiago, The Way of St. James, tho walking. Many do ride bikes for many hours a day and very far. They do 800 km in about 2 weeks. You will really have quite an adventure. I wish you well and hope you love every minute.
Tell us how it went.
Good luck,
Lynda