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Archive for May, 2008
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Only two more months to go! I can’t wait. I have been trying to find a bike to purchase in Anchorage and apparently enduro bikes are all sold out and any that come up second hand go in seconds.
An adventure rider that read my post kindly offered me his Honda PC800 that he [...]
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
The Islington police phoned this morning to say that my bike has been found. Apparently enduro bikes are quite popular and in Islington last year 18 KTMs and 20 F650s went missing. They are used in smash and grabs from jewellery shops and expensive bag shops as they easy to ride and [...]
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
After reading Maria’s blog (The Franglais Rider’s Journal) which is not only a great read but actually talks about road conditions and quality of drivers. I am not only packing myself (I have always had a fear about being on the road due to reckless or drunk drivers) but have also decided I need [...]
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
I am really looking forward to going to the Horizons Unlimited Meet Up this year until someone pointed out that it might be quite embarrassing for me as I was there two years ago saying that I was going to leave in a few months and this year I will be there without having gone [...]
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
I contacted Chance UK , who I used to mentor for and was originally going to fundraise for, and they said that they are currently working with someone else who is fund raising for them by walking the Artic and the Sahara. You can’t really compete with that!
So I will just fund raise [...]
Posted in Childrens Charities |
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