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24 September 2006
Corte Madera, United States
The next 60 miles to San Francisco and the Bay area took several days. We had a beautiful ride into Port Reyes, rescuing a sickly snake en route. It was obvious we were approaching a prosperous conurbation as evidenced b.. | | more.. |
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Ian Desborough
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26/11/2006 17:03:11
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E & S
Greetings from a very wet and miserable Chiltern Hills!! Only 4 weeks to Christmas and I guess yours will be one of the best ever.BI speak says "business is going well, at least mark and Uwe seem to be smiling!!KCN project included in the January Conference - good to get it into full rollout phase. Loads of people working hard to make it happen" Philippa as you might expect is getting some action.
Love to read your adventure, a number of places bring back fond memories - needless to say mine was boringly by car.
All the best
Ian
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polly
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19/11/2006 19:50:22
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Lost in a forest all alone????
That's showing my age!!!
Hope you are having a great time. I am enjoying this part time teaching and painting and writing. Have just sold a painting for £350 which is a good start i guess but could I do with some more sales to pay for the last leg of the studio. Perhaps the christmas present time....
There are about 13 new pictures on my website (www.daffodilblue.com) and I am beginning to slow down a bit and think about what I really want...
I am still a tad bored from time to time, but Annily reminds me how I made her promise not to let me do another course!! Looks like I might be starting another business venture with a friend..
It has been very stormy here recently and my hour cycle ride to and from school has turned into 1hr 15 on way there and 45 mins back!! Well worth those westerlies in the morning to be blown back and feel it is my amazing pedalling power.
Annily has settled in well to her new school and is enjoying learning french. Her Maths has just gone past what I remember. If fact I don't even remember "n". We had "x" and "y" and soem brackets and things.... I bet Elliot could explain. but please don't!
Well, hope to hear from you soon. Take care of those muscley legs
Polly
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Drinking........a love story....
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Jim McNulty
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26/10/2006 22:27:00
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Amazing........sea stacks...ok...4 mile bridge...quite big....giant redwoods...well maybe...cycling with no saddle...hmmm BUT "Drinking - A Love Story"...WOW!!! How cool is that??? Is Maurice in it?? AND - Fosters Bitter?? What an education this is turning into for us all...Hope you are both in good spirits....stay well. Regards Jim
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Jim and Sheila Dickson
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25/10/2006 15:12:55
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hi, will repeat a message I think I just lost through my anti virus being too diligent.
Glad to here from you again ,was getting a bit worried at the lack of contact but after reading your journal I can understand why . Hope to here more as we are enjoying the trip with you through your journal . Looking forward to meeting and hosting you in Auckland when you get here ,a bed and assembly shop is at your disposal if required .All the best , love Sheila & Jim
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Stewart McL
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24/10/2006 19:27:18
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It had been a while and i was missing my weekly Elliot & Steph refresher. Good to read that yo are back on line, have enjoyed reading your adventures
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Chris B
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19/10/2006 11:34:13
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Not heard from you for a while----hope you`re okay
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greetings!
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pete lowe
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14/10/2006 15:57:55
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hope your having a lovely time
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Sandra Page
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11/10/2006 13:49:18
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Elliot. Hope you managed to celebrate in style. Love the photos and updates, keep them coming.
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hi cuz and cuz-in-law
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helen frost
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09/10/2006 16:43:08
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glad your enjoying yourselves,sounds great! matt and i are taking the kids to spain on weds(12/10/06) for two weeks, believe me we all need it with whats going on !!! mum says hi and thanks for the postcards. when we get back she is comming round to have a read of your web site. hope to speak to you again soon love H xxx
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29/09/2006 01:53:30
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TRY AGAIN.Dear Steph&Elliot,your travel log looks great the grandchildren think it,s "cool"and will take an interest as they are all into bikes. Chris our son is in either Taupo or Rotarua this weekend on a 12 hour mountain track marathon. We will have all the family home this Xmas again as the ones from Haywards Heath were here last year and a quote from Abbie 9 "the best holiday ever.Bye the way she is the odd one ,learning the bagpipes,member of the Tigers rock climbing club and wants to gut fish with grandad and photograph them.
We are having some of my side of the family over in Feb. My neice Lynn and Laurie from Dundee ,but they are thinking of touring on a motor bike.will try to post this one ,bert food down you pair love from all Sheila and Jim
p.s.Sheila thinks you look like David?
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sarah annetts
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22/09/2006 05:23:12
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Hi again
just caught up with your blog while entertaining (aka breastfeeding) Marc at 4am... you really make it all very 'real' and the pics are great too. Just a few photos of the 'exciting things (bears, bikers) might improve things - whaddya mean, you didn't want to take pics of the Hells Angels?
Anyway, keep going - cycling AND blogging - and I hope your knees/ bum/ gears hold out for the rest of the trip. I guess by now you're way down south, so it's about time you updated us again or we'll worry the wild rabbits have eaten you both.
take care
sarah
PS have you read "Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"? wrong kind of biking but great book...
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Fab website and journal
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19/09/2006 17:39:40
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Just discovered your wonderful website and journal. I've really enjoyed reading it - very envious! I'll make sure that I check it on a regular basis. Have a wonderful trip
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17/09/2006 17:22:03
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Loving the journal, and thinking of you often. xx
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Biker Bar
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Trev Scott
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15/09/2006 09:05:39
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Hilarious! Where are the photos?
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Chris Binns
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15/09/2006 09:02:07
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And that reminds me......
There was supposed to be a really good pub the other side of Huddersfield on the moors towards Manchester.I suggested to my Dad it might be worth a try .So we set off and ,hours later, found this pub in the middle of nowhere.We walked in, and in a Yorkshire version of your North American bar , pints wereput down and what little conversation there was stopped.
I`m not one to critise Yorkshire beer but it tasted like my granny`s bath water.In the corner was the the landlord`s dog , some mangy old beast.It quietly puked up.
No-one in the pub said anything as the air filled with an acid air.I can only think it was a regular event.
Needless to say we reached for our coats.....
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Still Cycling!
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14/09/2006 00:38:09
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Contrary to popular belief I have not fallen off the back of the tandem. Now there is lots of cycling to do, the journal has been slightly neglected, will try to do better. We are one day away from California and Darth is one day away from completing his first 1,000 miles. Yes, bottom is sore but not as bad as the knees!
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Hi from ( yes you guessed) High Wycombe
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03/09/2006 19:21:25
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A whole month has gone by since you "walked out the door" hope every is going well. Just looked at some of your pics - made me feel really envious but doubt that I would ever have the adventure spirit that you 2 clearly have.Stealing a book title "It's not about the bike"!! But you would be hard up without it.I'll send another message soon with boring news of Bracknell - bet you can't wait. Best wishes Ian
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Jim McNulty
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30/08/2006 21:04:10
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So impressed with Elliot's outward nonchalance in the face of a possible midnight bear encounter and then faced with a genuine WILD rabbit armed only with a headtorch - also good to hear DIY follows same model as our house - when you know you've broken it, ask the wife to have a go - loving every report, hope you are both well..now Elliot, about the KCN project....
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25/08/2006 12:21:54
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Glad to hear all going well - beats IOW hands down! - however at least no terrorist threats to the IOW ferry!!
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I'm soooo jealous!
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24/08/2006 14:13:49
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Hi
It's brilliant to see what you're up to on the website, and I'm getting more jealous every day - Lilooet looks absolutely perfect. However in my current condition I don't think I'd fit on Darth, let alone be able to go anywhere :-)
We have a definite sense of "the calm before the storm" here as we wait for arrival of new Annetts - we'll let you know when he/she turns up!
Keep up with the journal, won't you. Hope you and the bears continue to get on ok...
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sarah
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Amanda Paxon
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23/08/2006 22:28:08
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Hi both, hope the holiday is going well and look out for those small children!
Elliot, I know that you will be keen for an update on the KCN project and have a few slides and spreadsheets for your perusal.....:)
See you soon
Amanda
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23/08/2006 20:27:05
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hey Ell n steph. Hope your surviving! Your journal is fab! I like the bit about the bear and the pics are fab! I hope you have a great holiday in the sun even though im not quite sure where you are.LOL! Missing you loads.Mail you again soon and cant wait to see the latest journal!!Hope to see you soon!!
Lots of love, Louise xox :)
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23/08/2006 19:26:25
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hope it's all going well. I cycled a piddling 40miles today-most of it in the pouring rain! I had 2 fat ladies with me and despite getting soaked they were thrilled at the "great day" i had made for them..!
Here's to the next million miles!
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22/08/2006 11:26:55
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Almost forgot-----no bears but lots of bombers in High Wycombe.But like bears, they leave unpleasant parcels in the woods.
Hope you`re both good.Keep pedalling Steph.
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22/08/2006 10:41:03
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Looking at the bridge in Vancouver with a waiting room full of patients, I can only imagine your missing High Wycombe from the bottom of your heart....
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20/08/2006 19:55:36
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Hi both, hope you are both ok. Love the picture of 'Gassy Elliot' and 'Jack'....or was it the other way round? Please keep the bulletins coming as it is great living an exciting life second hand through the safety of the computer screens. Keep well, Jim
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19/08/2006 18:51:17
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So glad you 2 are doing this. We are awash with the mundane: buying school uniform, painting the house, entertaining relations and doing yet more washing up! But I have been offered more work writing and have done some more paintings ready for my exhibition. I have also been sailing Cut Loose single handed. If all goes well I will have time for a quick 3 day cycle ride from Cherbourg to St Malo while Annily is with my parents for a few days. Let me know where you will be in October and/or Feb in case we can meet up. Happy pedalling! and ps... please sort out the punctuation and spelling on your home page!!! :-)
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You made it! Hope the airport wasn't too hectic (we're off to Morzine on Friday, so hope things have calmed down a bit by then). After packing all your gear in a couple of bike bags, I'm sure the lack of hand baggage was of no concern to you guys! Great photos. Keep in touch. Sal.
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13/08/2006 22:20:47
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Hello Steph and Elli. You've just missed a rain drenched weekend in the sunny Peak District, I'm sure you'd have rather been there than Vancouver, maybe not! Sorry to have missed you when you were in Manchester, I'd found some weblog template info for you but looks like you are doing just find...this is much better! Have a great trip and keep the updates coming so I can feel jealous logging on from the office. Trev.
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11/08/2006 19:06:56
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Just back from the alps. Hope your trip goes smoothly after all the trials of the last few months.
Sorry about Ben's admin contact he has sorted it now.
May the sun shine, and your punctures be few.
Ian, Mandy, Ben & Jess
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11/08/2006 16:23:43
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Hope all goes well on your adventure. After months of planning, I'll bet you thought day one was going to change due to the increased security. Looking at the shape of the saddle on Darth, is a haemorrhoid cushion allowed as hand luggage??
Have fun.
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