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Land’s End to John o’Groats Record: 6d 8h 43m

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

I just got back from John o’Groats after a little unicycle ride:858 miles of unicycling in 6 days, 8 hours and 43 minutes. (see daily reports and pictures of the ride at the blog)I rode with Roger from Unicycle.com, and we were supported by Paul Royle.  Charity donations are gratefully received for Wake Up! Ministries in […]

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“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.”  G.K. Chesterton.
I’ve just finished Manalive, a little novel by G.K. Chesterton.  It took me ages to get through, even though it is thin and wonderful.  I got an old Penguin paperback edition from Hay-on-Wye and it has almost fallen apart […]

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