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> End of the Road
Cruising at altitude over Africa with a cold beer in hand and the latest movie playing on my console, I really began to appreciate why fans chose to fly to the World Cup rather than swim, cycle and run. Not only does it merely take 16 effortless hours (much less if you’re not a cheapskate flying via Doha), which makes the psychological blow of England’s inevitable early departure less...
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> World Cup Update
Wed 7th July - Cape Town
It's hard to believe it, but having spent the last couple of weeks following the World Cup, crammed into a testosterone-overloaded car with mates Chris, Rick and Dave, I am now craving the fresh air, freedom and healthy feeling that comes with travelling by bicycle. Despite being subjected to all of England's woeful performances (trust me they didn't look any better live) we had a fantastic time soaking up the atmosphere at stadiums...
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> Surprise!!
Friday 18th June - Cape Town
Unable to continue following England's progress from the saddle of my bicycle owing to the distance between fixtures it was gutting to fly into Cape Town earlier this week although it made a pleasant change to...
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> Mission accomplished
Day 256 - Sun 13 June - 20,293 km, Rustenburg, South Africa
After a bit of swimming, some running and a fair amount of cycling, I eventually rode the last few emotional kms to the Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg on Saturday to complete a life changing 8 month adventure to the South Africa 2010 World Cup!! Fittingly hitting the charity target of GBP 20,000 - GBP 1 per km, on the same day only served to...
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> FIFA TV
Day 253 - Thurs 10 June, 20,171km Ventersdorp, SA
Getting up at the crack of dawn I headed out into the freezing cold with a FIFA film crew to shoot a segment that will hopefully be aired prior to Saturday's show down. Suffering from an unpleasant cold and with limited time available it'll be interesting to see how it pans out.
By the time we eventually got...
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> Feel it
Day 252 - Wed 09 June, 20,114km Potchefstroom, SA
The World Cup atmosphere is really building now and everywhere we cycle calls of 'feel it, it is here', the brilliant South Africa 2010 moto, follow our progress. We certainly weren't feeling much first thing this morning as a frosty start left our feet and hands numb with the bitter cold. Sam continues to battle on with a badly injured achillies while Danny...
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> 20,000 km from home
Day 251 - Tues 08 June, 20,007km Koppies, SA
Woo hoo after eight long months I fittingly passed 20,000 km on a dirt road into a strong head wind and duly celebrated with 20 sticks of chilli biltong which seemed like an appropriate South African follow up to the ten bananas I consumed in Togo at 10,000 km.
Once again our progress was slow today thanks to strong...
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> Cleanly shaven
Day 250 - Mon 07 June 19,907km Petrus Steyn, SA
Tiring of looking like an old man thanks to my golden white beard and wanting to celebrate reaching £19,000 raised for re-cycle thanks to Sam and Danny's sterling efforts I decided the time had come to shave off my 8 month growth. Not a decision I took lightly it will no doubt please Helen and my Ma but I'm certainly going to miss it's warmth and sun...
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> Old men
Day 249 - Sun 06 June 19,805km Kestell, SA
Ascending to over 2000m today I wasn't very popular with the guys when I then chose what turned out to be a mountainous long cut on dirt roads. Struggling along on road tyres it wasn't long before Sam had yet another puncture and we ran out of water. Fortunately just as Danny was eyeing up some putrid bog water some local farmers came...
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> Boys in the 'berg
Day 248 - Sat 05 June 19,715 Drakensberg mountains, SA
Breaking the boys in gently we upped the distance travelled to 90 km today although they did have to recruit some five year old girls to push them up one particularly long hill! With the Drakensberg Mountains providing a stunning back drop it was a beautiful ride that included a Zulu dance show and some free beer at a polo game.
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England!
Triathlon Completion: Day 255 - Sat 12 June
-20,293km Rustenburg, SA
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