one more year.
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(apologies for the absence. more soon.)
f r e n s
April 16
April 4
go big bike '25
Two weeks from now, on Friday 18th April, I will be embarking on a 10 day journey, making my way down to Onomichi, and then crossing to Shikoku to make my way home - by bicycle. I've been planning this for absolutely yonks and the stars / weather / visa situation have finally aligned sufficiently for me to map it and book it. You can take a look at the full route to get a better sense of scale.
To be blunt: it's gonna be heckin' rough. I've been fairly dormant throughout winter, so I'm not exactly fit, and I'm going to be pushing ~100kms a day, with no major breaks. Thankfully my ride has an emergency "jesus take the hill" mode (i.e. it's an e-bike), but I'll be trying to stay on pedal power as much as possible. On the plus side, I should come out the other end of it in much better shape (or with broken knees.)
To add to my stress, I'm going to be streaming the whole thing! It's been a long while since I last ran a proper stream, but I've over-engineered a whole app to manage it this time - more on that in a future post - and I think I've nailed the setup. If you're interested in listening to me whine about my butt being sore you're extremely invited to check out the stream. I'll also pin a link to the stream here when I'm live each day. For NZ folks, you can expect streams to run from around midday til after dinner, depending on how early I manage to will myself out of the hotel bed each morning.
Wish me luck! Hope to see you in chat :D
March 20
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