March 2011

Changes

29 March 2011

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Today the site’s tagline “or so the plan says” proved apt and gave a wonderful example of the unpredictability of this trip. My sister, who is 2 years older than me, has decided that she is going to join me for the North American leg of the trip. This isn’t quite a spur of the [...]

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Shopping + finance

17 March 2011

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For the first time in a good while I’ve not bought anything online today! Over the last 10 days I’ve bought 34 items and only had to send one back for a refund. Instead of shopping I decided to go out for a short ride today. I had a few reasons to go out Break [...]

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GPS plugin

10 March 2011

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I have a Garmin GPS that I will be bringing with me on the trip. It records gps data whenever it is on and so today I went for the first ride on my new shiny Thorn. Here’s the result The bike felt good but my saddle is going to take a bit of getting [...]

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Spending money and fast delivery

9 March 2011

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Since my last entry 2 days ago things have started coming together a bit faster than I was expecting. After deciding on and ordering a tent I headed out for the day with my dad. Just before heading home I realised that there was a cheap bike shop near by. 30 minutes later and 4 [...]

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And so it starts

7 March 2011

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The website. An almost essential part of any journey is to document it. Especially for people like myself who have a terrible memory, something like this is great so in a few years I can look back and see what I was thinking. It’s also a much more convenient way to keep my family, friends [...]

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