Author: Garry

Garry McGivern Travelsonabike2 is cycle touring in England on Monday, 16th-July-2018. Adgestone to Southbourne. 29 miles. Last night’s entertainment was watching some woman who’d had just a little bit too much to drink! Trying to pack away her caravan was hilarious. Especially when she was trying to get a couple of chairs into the front cubby hole of the caravan, she must have been trying for a good half hour! Putting them in this way, then that, then that way again. When she eventually got them in, I was going to cheer, but I thought it best not to!

It was another late start this morning, but it didn’t matter as I didn’t have far to go! (In the end, it turned out a bit less!)

After leaving the campsite, I decided to go the long way back to Ryde and went via Benbridge and Seaview, which took me around the coast rather than directly along the roads to Ryde.

After getting the Fastcat back to Portsmouth, I was going to go straight home, but seeing as the weather is still good and while I’m on the road, I’d just as well stay out!

I’ve got to go home tomorrow whether I like it or not! I’ve run out of painkillers!

You never know; fingers crossed. When I get home, there might be a letter from the hospital giving me a date to go in for my new hip!!

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Garry McGivern Travelsonabike2 is cycle touring in England on Saturday, 14th-July-2018. In Brighstone. I’ve decided to stay put today! I was going to move on, but seeing as I’ve got such a nice spot overlooking the sea, why move?

The day has been spent talking to my neighbours, or rather annoying them!

Taking pictures of the animals on the farm, this is a working farm as well as a campsite.

I tried to take selfies with the animals, but the only one I got was Gordon the Alpaca. He spat at me straight afterwards, ba#@!*d! Apparently, it’s when you make eye contact with him; he doesn’t like to be eyeballed!

I watched several new arrivals struggle to put their tents up! That always amuses me. And nine times out of ten, it ends up with an argument, although not today!

A pretty enjoyable day, really!

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Garry McGivern Travelsonabike2 is cycle touring in England on Friday, 13th-July-2018. Brockenhurst to Brighstone. 22 miles. I saw this morning that there had been a weather warning put out for thunder, lightning and heavy rain! That’s good. I thought I’d stay here and test this new tent out to see if it leaks!

But after looking more closely at the weather, I found out the bad weather was north of here. It only said nearby!

After finding that out, I decided to move on! After all, they were expecting another 300 people to arrive here tonight!

I was a bit undecided about where to go once I’d left the campsite. I wanted to head down to Swanage but didn’t think I could cope with all the hills! So I opted for the Isle of Wight instead, just for a change!

Cycling today was pretty easy, and I’ve not really had any pain. It seems to be hurting more now I’ve stopped! But that could be down to the fact I’m due more tablets!

Very leisurely ride today. I didn’t leave until gone 10 o’clock and was here at Brighstone by 3 o’clock! And that included getting the ferry!

Camped right on the cliff edge tonight, but luckily, there’s a fence to stop me from rolling off in the night! I just hope there’s no cliff erosion!

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You can also follow my progress and see where I stop each night by visiting the Where’s Garry web page; there, you’ll find a map of the route I’ve taken so far.