Day 80: Berea (Rest Day)
A most relaxing day off of the bike centred around my stomach! A varient of eggs benedict and orange juice for breakfast. Followed shortly thereafter by a coffee. For lunch it was beef
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Day 79: Barea
Phew, only 1 dog event today: Chased by a pair of black labradors. So yesterday I passed the 4,000 mile mark, only about 6,000 to go. Also, it transpires that we
Day 78: Booneville
Only chased by 9 dogs today, including two events that consisted of 2 dogs at once. I have not included the 3 puppies that made a half hearted attempt to run after me!
Day 77: Hindman
Today we passed into Kentuky (The Bluegrass State) and yes I was chased by dogs: one fat old thing, which kind of waddled after me (perhaps it reminisced of passed glories after seeing
Day 76: Breaks Interstate Park
Yet another great day of cycling. Accordingly I have come to the conclusion that based on my 500 miles or so of cycling in Virginia that it is a great place to cycle,
Day 75: Elk Gardens (Church)
So each day one of the tour leaders rides sweep. That is, they leave camp after a reasonable period of time and ride the route with the aim of ensuring that we all
Day 74: Damascus (Rest Day)
A relaxing day, catching up with blog (very little wifi opportunities over the past few days). Currently in Mojoe's Coffee Shop, and at 2pm we shall be off to visit Abingdon.
Day 73: Damascus
On the road to Damascas today, and what a very scenic road it is, including some steady climbing and in excess of 12 miles of decent. We are staying at a "trail
Day 72 Wytheville
So I've now had sometime to become accustomed to the ways of the Trans Am Tour. Somethings stay the same (cycling) whilst there are, not surprisingly, new things. One of the
Day 71: Christianberg
Great coffee shop in Christianberg: Idago. The Yirgacheffe was particularly good. Enjoy.
Day 70: Camp Bethel
Last night there was much concern as 70 year old Brenden was very late arriving in to camp. Indeed, it was well after dark, many hours after his eta, that he turned up.
Day 69: I'm in Love!
Yes, I am truly in Love, just off of the Blue Ridge Skyline Driveway. Where we are camping at the Royal Oaks Log Cabins. Today was a fantastic cycle ride as we left
Day 68: Charlottesville
A pleasant ride to Charlottesville (49 miles), except for being chased by two Staffordshire Terriers and then a Beagle and his pal, and subsequently nearly deafened by a great big black dog as
Day 67: Hales Farm (In the Middle of Nowhere)
Today saw the return of some climbing. Nothing too long or steep, but it made a change from riding over what effectively was flat terrain. Moreover, it was today that I discovered that
Day 66: Ashland
On Day 63 I may have been somewhat critical of the launderette lady. In hindsight I may simply have jumped to the wrong conclusion: thinking the worst of her, rather than giving her
Day 65: Willis Church (Grenville)
So today the Trans Am Tour started in earnest in a westerly direction. The fact that I am now travelling west made me feel that my tour was heading towards its end point,
Day 64: Williamsburg (Via Yorktown)
Yes, yet another night in Williamsburg. In over two months this is the longest that I have stayed in the same location. Well, except for a short 24 mile round trip to Yorktown
Day 63: Williamsburg (Rest Day)
First thing this morning I went to wash my sleeping bag etc. First thing to note is that it is virtually impossible to find soap powder rather than detergant, and all that variety
Day 62: Williamsburg
Weather was back to normal (sunny). Unfortunately I was travelling in a general north to northwestly direction and guess what? The wind had changed direction overnight from a southeasterly to a northwestly, which
Day 61: Elizabeth City
Plan B kicked in today. I suppose it had to happen eventually, having evaded some rainfall, some of it biblical, for 60 days, on the 61st day the heavens opened and it I
Day 60: Kitty Hawk
A very pleasant 83 mile cycle on the Outer Bank that included a 45 minute ferry journey. Amazingly much of the inner sea area is only knee deep! The stopover tonight is in
Day 59: Ocracoke
Well it all got off to a rather ignoble start: at the car hire drop off I attempted my first mount of the fully loaded bike, which ended with me falling over, with
Day 58: Morehead City
With the end of this section of the tour and the excitement of cycling on my own for the next few days little sleep was had last night. Up at 6.30am, breakfast
Day 57: St Augustine
The last day of the Southern Tier tour ended today. The ride in was quite emotional with most riders appearing to be deep in thought reflecting on the past 57 days and in