Moreover the office that the guide book points you to no longer sells train tickets, but did not seem surprised to be asked once again. Rant over. For now.
– Eastern Europe     (1 / 20)
If the road surface matched the topology we'd have ourselves a situation
– Shimla to Leh     (2 / 20)
Steve "Not so sure now" Wyatt and Andy "You tell him" Cross had a debate about who was going to tell Colin "flagging and fucked" Bolton that they thought we should head back to the nice little spot near the monastery.
– Lhasa to Kathmandu     (3 / 20)
The film was terrible but an inspired choice in some ways, it was hard to tell it the honking of horns was from outside the bus or on the film.
– South America     (4 / 20)
We each retreated into our own worlds of tough going and plodded on, acutely aware that throwing up the tent and crashing out was not an option unless someone wanted to sacrifice a body part to eat.
– Lhasa to Kathmandu     (5 / 20)
Eleanor decided that talk was easy but hard facts would only be gained by talking to the welly sporting park ranger sweeping the yard.
– Borneo     (6 / 20)
This pushed us very close to 10pm before we got to the pub and clearly the kitchen staff already had one foot out of the door. When asked if they were still serving food the barman made the critical mistake of hesitating long enough for us to snatch up some menus and tell him we would be ordering in seconds.
– Lands end to John O'groats     (7 / 20)
The designer of this boat had rain firmly in his mind when getting the drawing board out but was probably in a burning building at the time given his attitude towards health and safety.
– Borneo     (8 / 20)
Now I've been taught that staring is rude but I couldn't drag my eyes from a pair of legs, not hers but his
– Iceland     (9 / 20)
Andy 'Lance Armstrong' cross and Steve 'Lance Armstrong wannabe' Wyatt set a good pace which I neglected to follow.
– Lhasa to Kathmandu     (10 / 20)
In terms of racking up the train points today was a poor show consisting of only train 22, however it did wonders for the untracked statistic of average journey length.
– Eastern Europe     (11 / 20)
It was cold when we went to bed and the situation report in the morning maintained the same outlook - the ice on the bikes giving it away first
– Lhasa to Kathmandu     (12 / 20)
We did of course still have almost four litres of spirits in our bags:more vodka than water. Not for the last time on this trip.
– Iceland     (13 / 20)
imon seemed like a jovial fellow and at the very least didn't give the impression of being a fearsome taskmaster but time will tell!
– Kedleston Hall     (14 / 20)
Asking the bouncer if he knew if any of the other pubs were different to the one he was currently standing in front of wasn't all that successful
– Kedleston Hall     (15 / 20)
Eleanor was quite worried about what Andy might come out with in the best man's speech but I think the wine helped to calm the nerves.
– Wedding     (16 / 20)
The first job was to assemble the hammocks and shelter and after a demonstration where the words 'how hard can it be?' was on every ones lips until we tried it out for ourselves.
– Borneo     (17 / 20)
In my diary I have written: "Path - steep gnarly" which sums it up.
– Borneo     (18 / 20)
Like all trips away this one started with a journey, but in this case this was not a fast start.
– New years eve 2006     (19 / 20)
Dear reader, if you were hoping for more drama, more exhaustion, more biking over the red line of pain then I invite you to show us what you mean and get on your bike. If you are looking for the day when the weather gods turned the other cheek and we all entertained thoughts of not making the distance then you've come to the right day, most specifically the right morning.
– Lands end to John O'groats     (20 / 20)