Today I awoke, as I expected I would, to the pitter patter of rain drops on my tent and with 100km to the ferry to go there was little time for sitting around so I was up and off by 8.45 and the rain had even stopped. Bonus. My first 10km today was all uphill. No-one had told me that the highway climbs from sea level up to 350m on Vancouver Island, wow that’s a way to wake up. Being used to hills by now though it was a case of shift into a low gear and let the legs work. [View Full Entry]

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Today has had its share of ups and downs shall we say. It started off with a suprisingly bright start and the sun even rose and shone through the gap between the horizin and the clouds for a few minuites. After that the clouds started looming ominously and it was time to get things underway. Along the way, in preparation for rain, I have bought some white bin bags to aid in the waterproofness of my panniers. And so they were put over the top to make my bike look great! It was then that I realised my tyre had gone [View Full Entry]

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I was unable to write last night, so I am now writing this for today and yesterday. I awoke with a smile on my face and decided that it was going to be a good day, and after I had packed up all my things the sun had decided to come out and was shining. Despite this it was still quite cold. The day was going great and I was cycling along some lovely open sea lochs which reminded me quite a lot of home. There wasn much breeze either which was great. I had decided to see how the day [View Full Entry]

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Tonight sees me at the aptly named cape disappointment. Todays ride has been in two main parts. As soon as I was on the road I was going uphill this morning and had reached 500 twice before 10am! That’s a good start to the day in my books. I also went through my third tunnel and they don get any less scary. They have no shoulder and are dark, even doing 55km/h you can wait to get through to the other side. I had one last big climb of the day then I hit the flat. That means cruising at around [View Full Entry]

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Today was a bit of a chill day. I was only on the bike for 3 hours but it left me lots of time for doing stuff. I left my camp with the sun coming over the horizon and no fog to bee seen anywhere. Great. So it was off to a town called Tillamook to sort my self out. I realised that its been about 10 days since I managed to get near a launderette and as you can imagine it was time I did. So I did the now familiar was everything that I own (except my spare shirt [View Full Entry]

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I awoke to a grey sky this morning which is quite a change to the past week or so, but the wind was calm which was a great sign so I was off. Keen to get some distance in before the wind picked up. Just in time for lunch the clouds broke and out came the sun which was great. The cost has become much calmer over the last 200km or so which is nice because it means sandy beaches but its not so spectacular so theres not so many pics to show you all or so many stories to tell. [View Full Entry]

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Today marks 3 weeks on the road which is crazy. It just doesn seem that long, although when I look back I have covered quite a lot of distance and I have seen quite a lot of things on my way. I have however, lost track of what the of the week and what date it is. That tells me Ive been out of touch with civilisation for some time! I had a great ride today, despite being in fog for the majority of it. My legs and the bike are feeling great and the distance seemed to go by with [View Full Entry]

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Having slept in a bed last night I thought I might not wake up early. To my surprise however, I was awake at the usual time and ready to get on my way…except I had to wait for the bike shop to open. So I ventured outside my motel room and across the street to a really nice wee diner. Again just like the movies. It was the first time I have eaten a "propper" breakfast in America so I was full of anticipation. I went all out and got pancakes, eggs, bacon and maple syrup YUM. I got chatting to [View Full Entry]

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Hi guys i am alive and the bike is all fixed up. I was going to upload my journals from the last few days but my internet connection is pretty much non existent. I will post them as soon as i can tho. Thanks for all the comments they are very much appreciated. Off to Washington today which is big news, i'll hopefully get online tomorrow and give you all some proper news! Aly x [View Full Entry]

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Disaster strikes! Today was going great. The day started dry, not even any condensation on the inside of my tent, what a result and I was off at a great pace. There was so much to see on the coast today that speed wasn't an issue. Everyone says that the coast of Oregon is spectacular and they weren't lying. Its epic. The sea is full of sea stacks and the shoreline is so rugged, so different to the coast of south California. Just as I was within 2 miles of my camp spot for the night disaster struck! I was cruising [View Full Entry]

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