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I was a little nervous the night before as I had no alarm clock and thus no way of knowing if I would oversleep. I had to be at the ferry 08:00 the next morning and so this was indeed a real possibility. Having prior experience of course, I knew that I was always awake by 06:00 and hoped this wouldn’t change now. As it happened I was awake at half five, woken by the thunder of trucks on their way to the port thus I had lots of time to organise my stuff. For instance which thi

After three days in Brighton, I felt it was time to get on my way. I had booked a ferry from Harwich to The Netherlands the day before giving myself three days to make it to the port. I really didn’t want to be pushing hard every day and this also gave me enough time to get lost a little and enjoy the pleasure of simple cycling through pretty landscapes. That’s always the plan anyway. From Brighton, I had expected it to be an uphill struggle out from the coast towards Lewes,

Leaving Nottingham and with my gear properly washed, I headed out into the pelting rain of northern England. In the end it took me another hour and a half to just get out of the city. As I was heading along the road to Melton Mowbray, the sun started to shine and life was again good. The road had a bicycle path alongside it and I cycled on knowing that Brighton would be reached within days. I was very happy. As I came to Melton Mowbray, I decided I would take the B road that

So with my day of departure having finally arrived and with many goodbyes having been said to my family and friends, I was full of anticipation at my impending trip. So many months of planning and dreaming were all finally coming together and I was delighted at the thought of what lay head. I had read many times before about packing only what you needed rather than what might come in handy and now with everything strapped to the bike I could really see what people actually m