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Photo by Andy Miller, UK, Taking a rest, Jokulsarlon, Iceland

I haven't been everywhere...
but it's on my list!


Photo by Andy Miller, UK,
Taking a rest,
Jokulsarlon, Iceland



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Now see what you've started...........

Firstly - stop reading other people's ride reports / stories. They are all (even the ones I've done) works of fantasy, being at best a third generation (and usually Romanticised) copy of what actually happened. They bear about as much relationship to travel reality as a rom-com film does to falling in love with your wife.
I met my wife in the launderette.... haven't you seen the LEVI's advert?

ok there are a few differences I looked like a hippy then and she is indian definately not blond......

we are still together happily married 23 years on...... ???

I even did this on our 20th anniversary:
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I met my wife in the launderette.... haven't you seen the LEVI's advert?

ok there are a few differences I looked like a hippy then and she is indian definately not blond......

we are still together happily married 23 years on...... ???

I even did this on our 20th anniversary:


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I met my wife in the launderette.... haven't you seen the LEVI's advert?

ok there are a few differences I looked like a hippy then and she is indian definately not blond......

we are still together happily married 23 years on...... ???

I even did this on our 20th anniversary:
That's a great picture. The only things missing are the beard, long hair and a "peace man" V gesture.

The hippy era has a lot to answer for - it used to take me ages to get the tangles out of my hair after a day on the bike There are a few pictures still in existance of me back them but thankfully they're mostly locked up under high security. Had facebook existed back in the 60's /70's there would be a lot more trauma for the medics to deal with now.
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