Touring for Toilets: Time For a Coffee

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Time For a Coffee

I know it has been some time since I have written, and I would like to say I've been busy training but that would be a lie. The truth is my

niece and her family are visiting, so I have been rather distracted, but they return home tomorrow so I will then be back on track.

The weather here has been very wet and windy but I did manage a 30 mile ride, well 29 mile ride to Salen and back where I had a cup of coffee, a very important part of the training. There were cross winds in as I cycled in each direction, but I managed it without any problems although not sure how I'd have been after another 20 miles. This week I intend to do at least one 50 mile ride. I hope the wind drops a bit!

2 comments:

caffAugust 13, 2015 at 10:32 AM
Hopefully by the time you set off on the mainland the winds will seem tame compared with Mull winds, so you are doing great training :-)
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MairiAugust 21, 2015 at 11:47 PM
I like how you were blaming us for not training, rather than the weather!
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About me

Isle of Mull, Scotland

I am an an amazingly fit woman with a dodgey hip, but other than that there is not a blemish on me. I do stuff, I paint things, all sort of things, and if anything is static for too long I just paint it anyway. The dog is now green and yellow as I had a bit left over. I'm gonna paint me husband pink.

This year is a big birthday for me. My daughter wanted to organize a party, but not being a great lover of parties I wanted to do something special instead. I decided to cycle Land’s End to John O’Groats, but when I told my brother of my plans and he said, "everyone does that so why don't you do the four points of Great Britain". Like an idiot I agreed to the challenge and started planning. So on the 25th August I will leave my home on Mull to start my ride in Penzance and cycle approximately 1500 miles over the following 6 to 8 weeks. I intend to raise money for the charity Toilet Twinning and hope to raise enough for 60 toilets!!!