Judgement Day

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So, when you are deperaretly trying to complete all your work so you can bugger off cycling for 10 days what do you most need?  That's right....Speed Awareness Training.  No I shouldn't have broken the speed limit, yes it serves me right, but what a futile exercise.  If you ever need to design a 4 hour course on stating the bleeding obvious Essex police have beaten you to it. 

Anyway that is all in the past now.  By getting up at 3:30 I have managed to finish my work and survive SAT; just a few bits of admin and I can head to Alan's from where we will get a taxi to Hethrow tomorrow morning.  Alan is slightly less prepared.  Late last night he emailed me to say he cannot find his tent.  You might think that when planning a CAMPING trip you would check you have a tent a little ealier than this but welcome to the world of cyle-touring with Alan.  Any minute now I expect an email saying he can't remember where he put his bike.

Fortunately for Alan the weather for Pisa in the next few days looks like this:

 so he will be comfortable sleeping under the stars.

Assuming Alan knows where his passport is we will hopefully report safe arrival and completion of the first 40 miles tomorrow evening.

Ciao

Comments

  1. AO22 September 2011 at 21:11

    Oh Alan!!!
    Steve - have you checked that Alan has his office shoes?!
    Keep safe and cycle within the speed limit :-))
    Annie xxx

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  2. Stuart24 September 2011 at 13:52

    Steve, I'm sure Alan will fit in your tent , if you top n'tail. Stuart

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