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Day 175 – 176 (26/27 Aug 2013) – After four days of riding the towpaths, we met up with Ute, our sister/sister-in-law. Ute has been traveling by car through Ireland for the last two months and is now venturing through Scotland, so we all thought maybe we could travel together for a little while. Since the weather has turned to cold rain and even colder wind, it is a nice change to ride in a car for a while. However, we still have
11 September, 2013 /
Day 170 - 174 (22/26 Aug 2013) - All good things have to come to an end. However, every end is an opportunity for another new adventure. Our time to hang out with Jessica is over. On a rainy afternoon, we head up towards the north side of London. From here we are going to ride north along England’s canals towards "The Lake District".
10 September, 2013 /
Day 161 - 163 (16/18 Aug 2013) - Instead of babbling on how beautiful southern England is, here are a few pictures of places we made it through while hanging out in this area. Redruth, Bristol, Bath, and Stonehenge happened to be along the travel route following Jessica back to Portsmouth--her other place of work while in the UK.
25 August, 2013 /
fathers_day_dinnerWe have had our MSR Whisperlite International stove for nearly 5 years and it has never failed us, not even once. MSR has come out with a new stove in 2013, so this review is for the older stove. While cycling through Spain, we met a couple that had the 2013 MSR Whisperlite International stove, so we took a few minutes looking it over. It was brand new and not used
24 August, 2013 /
Day 155 – 160 (10/15 Aug 2013) – Saturday arrives; we pack up and ride back into town to meet Jessi—this time for real!! It was great seeing her again, although we feel a little bad that we are not able to spend any time with our other daughter who has to work and study in Florida. Over the weekend, we go exploring and hiking the rugged coast of Cornwall. [singlepic id=2289 w=620 h=540 float=center]
23 August, 2013 /
Day 150 - 154 (5/9 Aug 2013)  - It seems, we need lessons in reading and comprehending e-mails!! We are all excited to see our daughter.  So after riding all day on the busy roads to Exeter, we decided to take a late train to Falmouth, where Jessica was going
22 August, 2013 /
We started using GSI Outdoors Pinnacle Backpacker cookware over 12 months ago and steadily for the past 5 months while on the road.  This review is more of a follow up to our original write-up from July '12 (1st review). Over the course of 12 months, we have cooked probably over 200 meals and the cookware is holding up very well.
21 August, 2013 /
Day 148-149 (3/4 Aug) - People have warned us about the traffic and the hills. All, we thought was: “how bad could it be??!!” Well, we found out quickly. [singlepic id=2241 w=620 h=540 float=center]   After leaving Poole, we headed west, so we could eventually meet up with Jessica in Falmouth, which lies in beautiful Cornwall. This area along the south-west coast is
20 August, 2013 /
Day 147-148 (2/3 Aug 2013) - Although, we were the first ones to be put on the ferry, we were the last ones to leave the ferry on our level…after all the foot passengers, cars, buses, RV’s, and trucks. Once at the passport control, we played '50 questions' with the officer, who seemed to think we came to work here in the UK. At least that’s what her
19 August, 2013 /
During our travels in France, we occasionally followed the routes of some of the stages of the Tour de France. It was quite obvious that the French are very enthusiastic and supportive of the event when we passed by the fun and creative bike decorations along our way.
18 August, 2013 /