Author: Garry

World cyclist, middle aged, over weight, drinks too much, eats too much. But can ride a bike for miles.
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Odd Photos Taken In May 2017

Langstone harbour Portsmouth

A collection of photos that Garry has posted in the last month on Twitter and Facebook whilst he’s travelled around on his bike, plus one or two extra ones!

Hospital visits, New Forest, Isle of Wight, Littlehampton and some places in between!

Photos
Garry cat sitting his daughters cat Toby
Garry’s mystery rash
Back in hospital
Hospital selfie
Garry wasn’t allowed to do anything after his hospital visit so couldn’t help Julie sort his garden out
Salterns lake Fareham
The temporary Hythe ferry
Red funnel Isle of Wight ferry
Campsite for the night in the New Forest
Ponies in the New Forest
Lymington river in the New Forest
Hatchet pond in the New Forest
Container ship in Southampton docks
Meeting different characters. Sammy and John every Sunday John brings Sammy down for a swim in the sea at Southampton.
The little pink ferry
The old floating bridge from Cowes now sitting in Portsmouth harbour
Look out the sandals are out!
Seafront at Rustington
River Arun at Littlehampton
West beach Littlehampton
West beach Littlehampton and the harbour entrance to Littlehampton
Langstone harbour Portsmouth
Southsea castle
Southsea castle
Pretty cottages at Hook along the cycle route to Southampton
The little pink ferry
Accident prone Garry after standing on a tent peg #ClumsyGarry
Rectory mansion Waxworks in Brading Isle of Wight
Fishing boat leaving Portsmouth harbour
HMS Warrior in Portsmouth
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May 2017 Update Ammendment 

New Forest ponies

I feel that I’d better just do a quick update on my latest post.

Although I’ve had a few problems over the past month or so I’m really not that bad and certainly didn’t intend to come across in such a negative manner!

MSR Tour 2
All set up for the night

I think part of the problem was that I wrote the update at the end of the day and was in a lot of pain and not very happy! Nothing new there then!

Garry McGivern
Is it a smile or a grimace!

But as you can see I’m still smiling and currently down in the New Forest on my bike.

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Odd Photos Taken In April 2017

Brighstone Bay

Random photos that Garry took in April whilst cycling around.

From his mini tour at the beginning of the month down to Wareham and the New Forest to the Isle of Wight towards the end of the month and a trip to Brighton in between.

Langstone
Highland cattle on Hayling island
It’s me heading off to Wareham
Crossing the Solent with the other Isle of Wight ferry going the other way
Poole beach looking towards the Isle of Purbeck
Lytchett Minster church
The Quay at Wareham
Sweet smelling gorse bushes along the side of the road
Street in Corfe Castle
Cottages in Corfe Castle
The remains of the castle at Corfe Castle
Poole harbour
Chocolate box cottage at Studland
Garry at the Studland Peninsular
Studland Peninsular
Heathland on Purbeck
Looking out over Poole harbour towards Brownsea island
Mountain goats along the seafront at Boscombe!
The river Itchenor
The river Itchenor on the way into Winchester
Somewhere just north of Winchester
Preston Candover chuch
Lovely old house in Greywell
The Fox and Goose at Greywell
View of the Fox and Goose pub garden from my tent
A frosty start after my night in the pub garden
Strange things in the Hampshire countryside
The old water supply in Selborne
South Harting village
Rapeseed growing in the fields
Garry enjoying a pint at the beer festival before it all went wrong
Some of the quirky shops in The Lanes at Brighton
More quirky shops in The Lanes at Brighton
Quakers meeting house in Brighton
I even got given a loyalty card from the pub in Brighton that we used
Wind farm being built off the coast of Worthing as seen from Felpham
With Dave and Helen in the beer tent at the bikers do on the Isle of Wight
Early on at the bikers do before it gets too bad
Looking out across the Isle of Wight towards the sea
The sheep at Grange farm Brighstone
The alpacas at Grange Farm campsite
Looking out over Brighstone bay towards St Catherine’s point
Brighstone Bay towards Freshwater
Wild garlic on the Isle of Wight at Shorwell

 

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May 2017 Update

Rustington seafront

After careful consideration, I’ve decided to change the tagline of the website from “travels on a bike 2” to “travels 2 to the hospital”!

As you may have realised from the previous statement, it’s not been a very good month on the health front!

Over the past couple of months, I’ve been having one or two problems and have been getting short of breath, so I went to the doctors to get checked over, where he done a full examination, blood pressure, ECG, and blood tests!

All the tests came back negative, liver, kidneys and diabetes were all ok, and they couldn’t find anything wrong with me apart from my blood pressure and cholesterol which were both slightly high! Which have both come down now, I don’t think it helped the test results by having a bottle of red wine and a huge ribeye steak the night before my tests!

Hospital
Back in hospital the view from my bed

Finding that everything checked out ok, they then thought that I might have angina, so they sent me for an angiogram, which once again came back as negative!

After all the tests and not being able to find anything I once again seem to be a bit of a mystery to the medical profession!

Mystery rash
Garry’s mystery rash

Alongside my shortness of breath my other mystery ailment my rash, seems to have come back and I’m back on steroids for that!

And finally, on the ailment front, my back is bad again, and not even the steroids seem to be helping with that one this time, I’m even finding it quite hard riding the bike!

I must admit that I am struggling with all these ailments, and find it hard to think that for somebody that is so fit in one respect i.e.; can ride a bike for miles I get so many problems!

On the positive side, at least I know that my liver not pickled and that I do indeed have a heart despite what people say!! Also, the shortness of breath is a lot better now!

The New Forest
The New Forest

Despite all my ailments and health issues, I’ve at least managed to get away on a couple of occasions this month.

New Forest
Ponies in the New Forest

At the beginning of the month I had my little trip down to the New Forest, and at the end of the month, I went to the Isle of Wight. Both not very far and neither very new to me but with all these different hospital appointments and work commitments, it’s all I could manage!

Warsash Hamble ferry
The little pink ferry that runs between Warsash and the Hamble

Hopefully, June will be a better month on the cycling and health front, and I’ll be able to get away a bit more!

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