Day 119 612 days to go. Distance: today 118km total 7530km. Its 9.00pm Wednesday 28/3/2012 Yongnian. We have had such a wonderful day. If the locals keep this up my partner and I and our two pooches may just have to move here. Well not really I do love our home but at the riskContinue reading “Post # 105 Yongnian”
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Post# 104 Anyan
Day 118 613 days to go. Distance: today 105km total 7412km. It’s 6.15pm Tuesday 27/3/2012 Anyan. Well just south but I dont have my map with me for the name but we’re 15km out. We’ve had such a nice day. It’s been warm and sunny and a bit of a head wind but totally manageableContinue reading “Post# 104 Anyan”
Post # 103 Xiaoji
Day 117 614 days to go. Distance: today 110km total 7307km. Its 7.15pm Monday 26/3/2012 Xiaoji. As it runs out that truck debacle last night was road works and the traffic heading in/out of Zhengzhou not coping well with the delays. When I left this morning amongst the mass of massive transports was this littleContinue reading “Post # 103 Xiaoji”
Post # 102 Guodan
Day 116 615 days to go. Distance today 115km total 7197km. It’s 7.45pm Sunday 25/3/2012 Guodan. Before leaving this morning I got into the internet site that my big sister put me on for an update on the weather forecast. It covers the main areas and gives some idea what may be ahead. So farContinue reading “Post # 102 Guodan”
Post # 101 Luohe
Day 115 616 days to go. Distance today 135km total 7082km. It’s 9pm Saturday 24/3/2012 Luohe. I woke this morning and stuck my hed outside and oh my…… blue skies!!!!!!! China continues to be a beautiful experience but today it looked beautiful. It made me realise how my sisters, who live in Germany, must feel come theContinue reading “Post # 101 Luohe”
Post # 100 Minggang
Day 114 616 days to go. Distance today 125km . It’s 7.10pm Friday 23/3/2012 Minggang. It appears Rube did the trick. We woke to hazy blue skies today which lifted to a beautiful afternoon J J Two very happy girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I did a little dance outside the café this morning much to the amusement ofContinue reading “Post # 100 Minggang”
Post # 99 Guanshu
Day 113 617 days to go. Distance today: RAINED OUT!!! It s 10am Thursday 22/3/2012 Guanshu. Its so wet eeeeeow. A huge storm hit town last night just as I was tucking myself into bed for some pre zzzzz tv. We lost power with the first clap of thunder and lightning mmmmmmmmmm total black out.Continue reading “Post # 99 Guanshu”
Post # 98 Guanshu
Day 112 618 day to go. Distance today 73km. It’s 6.50pm Wednesday 21/3/2012 Guanshu. It was a pretty fun cruising ride today with both Rube and I feeling pretty good. We spent most of the day cycling through rural farmland and small towns . I had a computer in the room last night that workedContinue reading “Post # 98 Guanshu”
Post # 97 Xiaogan
Day 111 620 days to go. Distance: today 0km total 6749km. It’s 9.30pm Tuesday 20/3/2012 Xiaogan.We’ve entered crane country. There’s crane nests dotted across the bare trees and they are seriously big. They look allot like a stork’s nest which Ive seen previous in Europe. With all the trees bare they so stand out on the horizon and soContinue reading “Post # 97 Xiaogan”
Post # 96 Jingzhou
Day 110 621 days to go. Distance: today 33km total 6749km. It’s 6pm 19/3/2012 small town 5km south of Jingzhou. Those 33kms were hard earnt. The weather nose dived today so quickly it really caught us off gaurd. It was a bit fresh to start today but every morning is. Then is started drizzling andContinue reading “Post # 96 Jingzhou”