Finally after many months planning and even more hours spent in the saddle it's time to go.We had to go a day earlier than originally planned due to bike on train issues.Beth kindly did a photo shoot before Lyn drove Steve and myself to Swindon station.Apart from a mad dash at Taunton when changing trains, the journey to Penzance was uneventful.Finding the YHA was not so straightforward, eventually found it, checked in and cycled back into the town for food a...

Leaving our lovely apartment early we managed to see a few of the standard distance triathletes cycling past as we headed to the station. Other triathletes were manoeuvring there bikes through the station and making the short trip to the airport. The airport was very busy but although the flight was a bit delayed we arrived with the bike back in one piece in London, and we even managed to get past Oxford without too much trouble. Lisbon had been a great destinati...

We only had time for breakfast on the terrace before wandering down the road to catch the aerobus. While we waited we watched the world go by, the assortment of minibuses taking tourists on walks and tours and the local buses taking people to work., we also spotted the English couple out for a morning run, they were here for another 3 weeks! The homeward journey was all fine although we did manage to sit in front of the one obnoxious person on the flight whose s...

Maybe.....Bike in bag with odds n ends, weighing in at 19kg..

We enjoyed another day in Fiji before our taxi arrived for the start of our journey home. Although it was more cloudy it was very hot and we knew we had to prepare ourselves for a change of temperature. The journey home went according to plan. We had a 4 hour stopover at LA airport to break the two 10hr flights.We arrived home on a wet and dull Sunday and when it was dark at 4pm, we realised we were now back in winter. We were now back to reality and Christmas n...