Written on the June, 2008

allo from Hamburg

Written on Thursday 19th June (2008)

Heya from Hamburg.  I spent like 485485o2349853 hours on the road and finally got to hamburg today… and it was well worth it.  I am in the main hostel in the port and made friends with two of my room mates and will be staying here 2 nights so i can take some of Hamburg [...]

You have to be a twerp to go to Antwerpen!

Written on Wednesday 18th June (2008)

Well, just got here and can’t wait to leave. It’s horrid. Spent the night at Brugge ode to Luke’s bike being problematic. I would have liked to have been here already but oh well. I would like to have spend more time here and write something interesting about my experience so far but having a [...]

Where's my bloody _______ ?

Written on Sunday 15th June (2008)

Going by the title, I’ve spent the best part of today looking for things… and indeed that means: I’ve tried to pack.  I did some more tweaks to my bike earlier.  Everything should be ship-shaped, just the tyre pressure needs looking at now… oh and after spending a long old while on the AA website [...]

2 Days to go!

Written on Saturday 14th June (2008)

Between one thing and another I’ve been fiddling with some of the gizmos I’ve got myself for this trip, and basically trying to get ready. Yesterday I gave the bike a polish looked for things I could break fix; I noticed the ignition switch was buggy and so was the passing/flash (headlights) button, the horn… [...]

Just Getting Started

Written on Thursday 12th June (2008)

I just had a hectic day moving my last few bits out of my uni house today and getting a few preparatory things for the trip. Signing over my keys and arranging the last few utility bill/telephone bills to be cancelled. To be honest I’m quite tired from it all.