Getting ready...
Busy, busy times in the run up to departure on the expedition.
There has been kit to buy, packing to do, and training rides to complete.
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Apparently, I have purchased the coolest tent in the world. |
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New camping stove. |
There have been campsites, hostels, and ferries to to book. After days of peering into the depths of confusing Turkish websites, I was finally able to get through to a lovely Greek lady working for a company called 'Boat and the Sea'. She not only spoke perfect English to a useless tourist, but also confirmed for me that yes, there is a boat that runs from the Greek island of Kos to Bodrum on the Turkish mainland, that yes, it runs in November, and that yes, it will carry not only a useless tourist, but also his bike. I almost asked her to marry me.
There have been emails to send, a website to build, and text to write. The people at Giving What We Can have set me up a beautiful sponsorship page, which solves a lot of headaches with wanting to support more than one cause and to make sure people can do so with the option to add GiftAid.
There has been a bike to fix up, possessions to sort out and store, a hammock to practice setting up, a camping stove to light, and friends to say goodbye to!
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Proper coffee, in the absence of civilisation, requires a totally impractical amount of kit to carry on a bike and is absolutely happening anyway |
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On my first hammock set-up test I almost fell asleep, which was unintentional and possibly a good sign |
I am getting very tired, and trying to remind myself not to get totally exhausted before the trip even begins; but things are coming together. I feel more and more ready to set off on my journey to the ancient cities of Europe, and confident of doing some good on the way.
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The view from my hammock in the woods. |
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