I thought I'd try to get this blog thing up and running well before we set off, but I find that there's nothing to report and it seems I have to do some proper entries to have my blog allowed. What's wrong with pens and paper, I wonder. Anyway, we are now in possession of two very shiny new bikes - Mercian-made, with Rohloff gears. Photo somewhere around, if I can get the hang of this technology. We've had a trial run or two and all seems pretty good. In three weeks we go to Slovenia for a cycle touring holiday, so we are busy getting ready for that - sorting out bike-packing materials - namely CTC polybags and cardboard. A map of Slovenia arrived today, so I'll pore happily over that. We've just had
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