In 657 hours I cycled 6817.44 miles (10,971.6km) to all of Japan’s 47 prefectures….piece of piss mate! NEXT! Well ok, not quite, but on a serious note, apart from setting myself free from the womb back in the early 80’s this journey has been one of the most epic life challenges I have had to face to date. There have been an abundance of ups and downs, quite literally in every sense of the word, at times a bullet to the shin would have seemed far more appetizing than cycling through the likes of the Japanese Alps, especially in tropical storms, gale force winds, typhoons, rainy seasons, snow, freezing conditions, extreme humidity and whichever other nasty’s the elements decided to throw my way at its every whim. If anything, mother nature was far from kind and
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