Ride across the USA NYC 2 SF 2018

Hello Dear Readers! Myself and my wife, Ruth, will be leaving on a jet plane, both with return tickets so return journey dates are agreed, this coming Sunday 22nd. We arrive in JFK at 20.05 and then will be staying in an Airbnb apartment in the East Village of New York for 4 nights. After which the cycling starts in a fashion. Preparing for the journey has been somewhat stressful in the last few weeks. There have been daily Amazon and other deliveries, bookings to make, Blossom to fix and spruce up, panniers to pack and re-pack, new glasses to get used to, ask Ruth what I need to do next etc. etc. My technical skills (i.e. I can move the mouse and make the arrow move across the screen at the same time) did not desert me and I have managed to get both UK and USA donations site live and ready.  Within hours, if not minutes, if not seconds, the UK site has received many donations and I will be sending out big thank you emails today - probably using font size 24. Either way.......

Hello Everybody! From Sunny USA. Route: New York to Philladelphia  For the non-mathematicians out there: Distance: 166km Average speed: 17.76 kph Calories: 4,823 Cycling time: 9h 22min Average cadence: 66 rpm Climb: 611m, Descent: 621m Temperament: Happy go lucky Aver Temp: 20.7C, Max temp 25C I was about to start my blog (USA side) by going through all the things Ruth and myself did getting to, and in, New York. Unfortunately, and largely due to legal reasons, I am unable to mention anything between the dates of 22 nd April 2018 and up to midnight of 25 th April 2018. We are hoping to get the many legal restrictions lifted soon. We will then be free to explain what happened. All I can say is that: 1) yes there was a murder; 2) a butler was involved but only incidentally; and thrice) we did visit a lot of dining rooms. So the plan was to leave New York at 8.00am which amazingly was the time I left.

Hello Everybody! From Rainy then Sunny USA. Route: Philadelphia to Aberdeen (not the one in Scotland) For the non-mathematicians out there: Distance: 115km (Total 281km) Average speed: 19.39 kph Calories: 3,426 Cycling time: 5h 57min Average cadence: 67 rpm Climb: 619m, Descent: 578m Temperament: Nice, not nice, then nice again Aver Temp: 15C, Max temp 20C Yesterday was quite tough as I had a headwind of around 10mph all day. Gets on your nerves after a while. Today was the opposite and I enjoyed a luvverly tailwind which is why my average speed improved quite a bit and also I am a cycling god (small “g” just in case). Also I cycled on some fairly major roads, think dual carriageways sometimes and often with thrice lanes. The bad news - it was not picturesque and occasionally I needed to do some avoidance manoeuvres (i.e. when the cycle lane disappeared suddenly). In summary it was a very industrial landscape type

Hello Everybody! Route: Aberdeen to Washington DC For th non-mathematicians out there: Distance: 119km (Total 400km) Average speed: 17.8 kph Calories: 3,732 Cycling time: 6h 40min Average cadence: 69 rpm Climb: 918m, Descent: 899m Temperament: A grind Aver Temp: 25C, Max temp 31C Yesterday was industrial but today was very industrial with a large bit of Devon thrown in. Devon is a beautiful county, where many small people live. They are not called “Hobbits” but they do resemble them, in appearance and character. I am not referring to anyone is particular but she knows who I am talking about. Enough said. Devon is also known for it North-South river system where most rivers lead to the sea in a Northerly, wait for it or Southerly direction. A consequence of this is that when you traverse Devon in an Easterly or, wait for it, Westerly direction then y

Route: Washington DC to Sheperdstown For the non-mathematicians out there: Distance: 119km (Total 400km) Average speed: 17.8 kph Calories: 3,732 Cycling time: 6h 40min Average cadence: 69 rpm Climb: 918m, Descent: 899m Temperament: Perhaps a shade warm Aver Temp: 25C, Max temp 31C So this was the big day, I was waiting for Ruth to tell me that she is staying and will drive a car behind me every day, and in front when it is windy. Ruth was waiting to get out of there as quick as she could, given I have been even more of a blithering idiot than usual – and I really know you will all find that very hard to believe.   RUTH!!! where’s my phone, where’s my laptop cable, where’s my head (yes definitely up there it was). I was panicking every day about something that had broken, got lost or did not exist in this know universe but I was sure I had put it somewhere. If only somewhere could stop messing about and just stay in o