Day five of @journalismnews owner @johncthompson‘s epic 11-day ride from Brighton, UK to Oslo, Norway in aid of @JournoCharity (Journalists’ Charity), @CR_UK (Cancer Research UK) and @GistSupportUK.
Journalists – watch the video and listen to the audio about the great work of the Journalists’ Charity. And learn more about my ride.
I will be braving hills, rain, wind, punctures, sore muscles etc so please make it worth my while by sponsoring me as generously as you can afford.
Here are a few tweets from today:
Started Cycle with @cyclemeter at 09:44, on Arnhem To Freren route, see j.mp/JYCc4X, Cyclemeter will speak your replies to me.
— John Thompson (@johncthompson) June 12, 2012
Stopped in Denecamp for cappuccino and coffee. 60 miles done. #newscycle
— John Thompson (@johncthompson) June 12, 2012
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42 minutes ahead of virtual partner – letting his virtual tyres down last night did the trick #newscycle
— John Thompson (@johncthompson) June 12, 2012
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Today’s ride covers 89 miles with 880 feet of climbs.
Final total 89.26 miles completed in 7 hours 36 minutes.
Wildlife spotted: hare, red deer (wild this time), red squirrel, lapwings, oyster catchers.
A long and muggy ride, plus canals, which meant flies, flies, flies. Flies in the eyes, flies in the ears, flies in the mouth.
I need one of those beekeeper hats.
Other annoyances: itchy head under the helmet syndrome. Sometimes exacerbated by… flies.
Completed in good time (for me) though, aided by caffeine and cake around the 60 mile mark.
Hotel by a lake in Freren was lovely although its wifi was all but useless. Tesco mobile have cut me off for spending too much on data roaming this month so having a comms nightmare now.
Waitress unimpressed by my iTranslate app…
Half way done now.
Here’s a video from today: