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Day 16 - Vercel, near Uttrera, Spain. Today I discovered who the real endurance athletes are - teachers!! After taking 3 assemblies at the British School of Cordoba I was as tired and ravenous as after any day of cycling! It was a great morning and more than worth the detour. The pink horn went down a storm and the kids asked some brilliant questions - clearly I need to spend more time on my strategies for evading lions and sharks!
Massive thanks to the school for inviting me. I was overwhelmed and touched by the response of both the teachers and kids, if not a little embarrassed given that all I've achieved so far is to annoy some Frenchman with a horn and give myself difficulty sitting down! On that note, I made great progress this afternoon but got a taste of things to come when crossing the Spanish countriside on some terrible roads that pushed my new found saddle/bum relationship to the limit!
Rob via Txt
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An inspiring visit
Mr Baring's publicity campaign on the top corridor had been keeping everyone guessing ... first came the yellow border, next the map followed by the distances - 19000?! - and then two days ago, a little paper man on a bike. It was great for the students to meet the man on the bike in person - THANK YOU for making such a massive detour to come and visit us at the British School of Cordoba.
You made a real impact on everyone and several of the sixth form girls are already asking when you'll be back! They will be following your progress via this website, as I am sure will many others who so enjoyed hearing about your epic challenge and Mr B has wisely left lots of space on his display board for updates.
(I did suggest to Ned that you might like a glass of water after two and a half hours giving inspiring assemblies to students aged from 7 to 18, but he assured me you had faced much worse!)
Best of luck for your trip
Sarah Knight, BSC teacher
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