Here's what it’s really like to tackle a long-distance bike ride
“The one thing you shouldn’t do is under-prepare”. Wise words of wisdom offered to me prior to embarking on my 241-mile charity cycle fromIt’s not so much that I didn’t prepare at all, but more so that the practice I had squeezed in was mediocre at best. “I’ll get some cycling in tomorrow” quickly dissolved into “definitely next week” and before long my adventure was waiting for me just around the corner with a baseball bat, ready to strike me down.
Melancholy greys engulfed the skies above like an array of locusts, hell-bent on turning my mood sour. Rain had usurped Mr. Sun from his throne where he had so graciously sat, and now Rain was looking all-too comfortable. Nonetheless, the road, like an impatient father, waits for no boy, so on I pushed.Surging through the northern countryside, the sun began to set, and the rain had eased off.
Cath’s husband soon pulled into the drive with their daughter and a takeaway, fish and chips. Readers, you have no idea of the wave of happiness that rode over me when Cath came out with a portion of chips, stacked to the sky. More, there was even a deck chair for me to perch my behind on. These acts of kindness really do make the uncomfortable enjoyable. Thank you.
These pesky little creatures clung to me as if their life depended on it. I would erratically brush them off with my hands, only for them to reappear a few seconds later. Am I hallucinating? I cannot get rid of them. Maybe they’ve claimed me as their new land as though they were Columbus claiming America. Maybe I shall forevermore find myself intertwined with these pests.
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