ctyguy
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Im gonna be checkin in on you on your blog....you go for it ! And as the owner of my own little On-X valve, I wanna know where you got that shirt ! I want one for running !
Team On-X !
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Dale
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Wishing you all the best Justin! I will be following your blog too -- you are an inspiration to me - especially since I have felt like a couch potato lately....
Enjoy your trip and add me to your cheering section.
Dale
Enjoy your trip and add me to your cheering section.
Dale
Woodbutcher
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Thanks Dale, I'll put you in the virtual grandstand ! Couch pototo is fine from to time, so long as you feel you've earnt it ?
Cheers Scott. Here's the thing, you need to write to Catheran Bennet at On-X, I think she's the big cheese when it comes to giving out shirts, if not she's a good place to start and an all around lovely lady. If not I'll send you mine when I've conquered France ? I'm far too scruffy for a nice white shirt !
Cheers Scott. Here's the thing, you need to write to Catheran Bennet at On-X, I think she's the big cheese when it comes to giving out shirts, if not she's a good place to start and an all around lovely lady. If not I'll send you mine when I've conquered France ? I'm far too scruffy for a nice white shirt !
netmiff
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Frame it ! then hang it on your wall to remind you of the good times after OHS.
I, too will be following your blog.
Lionheart, why Northern France? My vote is for Bordeaux, wher I used to live . . and still miss.
scuba_898
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GO WOODBUTCHER. Killer shirt, best of luck on the ride. Let us know from time to time how your doing.
Ross
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Justin best wishes for a successful journey. I now can only dream of riding a bike. Being able to get on it and going would work for me. It's a long stretch, but I think you can persevere and conquer. 
OK, I'll go where-ever Ross and Hank will take the plane. Should we stop and pick you up on the way?
John
Keep it up, Woodbutcher. This is going to be a wonderful adventure for us all, courtesy of you and your bike. Thanks for taking us along.
Woodbutcher
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Thank you Ross and Spatangator, make sure you're ready and waiting at the sleepy fishing port of Gruisson on the Mediteranean coast, just one small bag each please and you might want some extra padding too, and hop on the back for a virtual and no doubt comical ride across france!
And we can all use a little more comedy in our lives, right?
But no worries, I travel very light for virtual journeys.
But no worries, I travel very light for virtual journeys
.Bob in Colorado
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Great Going WoodButcher
Great Going WoodButcher
We are really proud of your undertaking. Keep us posted!
I think I will will try the stationary bike today just for solidarity!
Great Going WoodButcher
We are really proud of your undertaking. Keep us posted!
I think I will will try the stationary bike today just for solidarity!
netmiff
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Justin, when do you actually start? and where in the Bordeaux area are you staying? I used to live there, in another life . . .
Good luck, Woodbutcher. Wonderful idea! Lay off the rich French cheeses and hams! Red wine is good for the heart though. Johan
hensylee
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we are 'virtually' there with you. cheering you onward and forward. when's the big start day?
Oh Woodbutcher Justin..!! This is just too cool and I certainly will keep up with you on your blog.
Now, when you're finished flashing that Ox-X shirt all the way across France, you can come to the home of your On-X valve and waltz across Texas with it on. After all, it's about equal distance in both trips. Howz your waltzing?
Now, when you're finished flashing that Ox-X shirt all the way across France, you can come to the home of your On-X valve and waltz across Texas with it on. After all, it's about equal distance in both trips. Howz your waltzing?
Woodbutcher
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Thanks Bob, looks like you've a challenge of your own with your recovery, good luck.
Jeanette, It's actually Bordeaux, we're heading to Ville Neuve which is South East of there a bit. What were you doing there ?
Thank you Johan, Red wine is what I'll be topping my drink bottle up with, it's cheaper than water over there ! One of the places where I've been invited to stay a night is an Organic vine yard in the Bodeaux region. I'm looking forward to that one !
Thanks Ann, I'm setting off for France next wednesday on the over night ferry from Plymouth with my brother whose driving me down to bordeaux. There we'll stay with our father and his French wife. We'll spend a couple of days there catching up and enjoying their company, dont see them much so I'm looking forward to that. Then my brother will head back to England and my father will drive me the rest of the way south, all the way to the Med. He has a huge car (well not by American standards!) but it's only really a two seater, an XJS Jaguar, it's a very British sports car and he's a very British gent ! I've no idea where the bike will go. His face will be a picture when he comes outside to see the dark sheep of the family has strapped a bicycle to the roof of his beloved big cat !! Then it's off down to the south and the banks of the Canal du midi where we have a been offered a rustic little cottage for the night and meal thrown in by the owner, Cathy whose a lifetime member of the British heart foundation. Then the following morning, which will be next sunday I'll dropped off in a small fishing village by the Med and left with my mountain bike and nearly a thousand miles of cycling to get home ! I feel tired just saying it ... And still a few months until my one year valversary too ! I must be bonkers !! But I hope it spurs you on should you be reading this a few weeks out of OHS ?
ShezaGirlie, Waltz across Texas hey ?? Wow, now there's a thought ! Are you offering to partner me ?
One things for sure, if I make it across France I'll start planning the next nutty fundraiser right away, I've enjoyed putting this one together. I'd be really interested any ideas coming from that side of the pond ?
Jeanette, It's actually Bordeaux, we're heading to Ville Neuve which is South East of there a bit. What were you doing there ?
Thank you Johan, Red wine is what I'll be topping my drink bottle up with, it's cheaper than water over there ! One of the places where I've been invited to stay a night is an Organic vine yard in the Bodeaux region. I'm looking forward to that one !
Thanks Ann, I'm setting off for France next wednesday on the over night ferry from Plymouth with my brother whose driving me down to bordeaux. There we'll stay with our father and his French wife. We'll spend a couple of days there catching up and enjoying their company, dont see them much so I'm looking forward to that. Then my brother will head back to England and my father will drive me the rest of the way south, all the way to the Med. He has a huge car (well not by American standards!) but it's only really a two seater, an XJS Jaguar, it's a very British sports car and he's a very British gent ! I've no idea where the bike will go. His face will be a picture when he comes outside to see the dark sheep of the family has strapped a bicycle to the roof of his beloved big cat !! Then it's off down to the south and the banks of the Canal du midi where we have a been offered a rustic little cottage for the night and meal thrown in by the owner, Cathy whose a lifetime member of the British heart foundation. Then the following morning, which will be next sunday I'll dropped off in a small fishing village by the Med and left with my mountain bike and nearly a thousand miles of cycling to get home ! I feel tired just saying it ... And still a few months until my one year valversary too ! I must be bonkers !! But I hope it spurs you on should you be reading this a few weeks out of OHS ?
ShezaGirlie, Waltz across Texas hey ?? Wow, now there's a thought ! Are you offering to partner me ?
One things for sure, if I make it across France I'll start planning the next nutty fundraiser right away, I've enjoyed putting this one together. I'd be really interested any ideas coming from that side of the pond ?
the next one?
how about:
1. the entire great wall (all of them)
2. cross mongolia and or siberia
3. climb to lhasa
4. route of trans-siberian express
5. silk road from beijing to moscow
6. all of the above
good luck with france.
Woodbutcher
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Thanks Chou Doufu !
I'll put that lot on my list !
How long is the Great wall then ? I quite like the idea of that one ?
Thanks for your interest.
I'll put that lot on my list !
How long is the Great wall then ? I quite like the idea of that one ?
Thanks for your interest.
Length doesn't matter? here's this from wikipedia:
The Great Wall stretches from Shanhaiguan in the east to Lop Nur in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia. The most comprehensive archaeological survey, using advanced technologies, has recently concluded that the entire Great Wall, with all of its branches, stretches for 8,851.8 km (5,500.3 mi). This is made up of 6,259.6 km (3,889.5 mi) of sections of actual wall, 359.7 km (223.5 mi) of trenches and 2,232.5 km (1,387.2 mi) of natural defensive barriers such as hills and rivers.
If that's too much, i'm thinking of a Tour du Laos next year.
or would that be a laos-y idea?
The Great Wall stretches from Shanhaiguan in the east to Lop Nur in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia. The most comprehensive archaeological survey, using advanced technologies, has recently concluded that the entire Great Wall, with all of its branches, stretches for 8,851.8 km (5,500.3 mi). This is made up of 6,259.6 km (3,889.5 mi) of sections of actual wall, 359.7 km (223.5 mi) of trenches and 2,232.5 km (1,387.2 mi) of natural defensive barriers such as hills and rivers.
If that's too much, i'm thinking of a Tour du Laos next year.
or would that be a laos-y idea?
Woodbutcher
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Crikey, I had no idea ! Ok, forget the ditches, rivers and natural defences ! I'll just do the wall bit, then I'll have something to sit on when I want to stop for a bite to eat ?
I bet the maintenance crew must work around to clock on repairs !?
I bet the maintenance crew must work around to clock on repairs !?
