Zion National Park, Utah

At the end of this road there is a tunnel. It is 1.06 miles long. I was not allowed to ride through this. When questioned by me the lady guarding the entrance to the tunnel confirmed that motorbikes were allowed to pass through because they had bright lights. I explained that I also had a bright light on my bicycle. It soon however became apparent to me that even if Halley's Comet came streaming out of my bottom at that precise moment I would not be allowed to cycle through this tunnel. Thus I had to wait a few minutes for a truck to give me a lift. Thank you very much Mark. This is the only time I have ever taken a lift in a truck so far. The purity of my continous line has been broken. I felt ashamed and dirty. It also puts me in breach of the rules of my cycling club, the Tooting International Tourists. Regulation 8(a)of the club's rules clearly stipulates that if a member, for whatever reason, places his bicycle on a motorized vehicle other than a boat he must receive ten lashes for every mile so travelled. With no other member present to administer this penalty I was forced to carry out this sanction on myself a la Opus Dei in the next campsite. The concerned mother of an onlooking family explained to her children that "I was being English". Would you like to join the Tooting International Tourists? If so please send me an email and a CV with a personal statement of no more that 500 words explaining why you would make a good TIT. Successful applicants may eventually receive a newsletter, a club badge and inititation into a secret society that covertly controls a wide variety of influential blue chip companies.