Category: Garry’s Blog

This week’s Travelsonabike2 on this day post comes from England on the 26th-April-2018. I’m in the UK and struggling to ride. I’d needed a hip replacement a couple of years ago but was still waiting. And now my hip was incredibly painful. So much so that I was struggling to cycle twenty miles each day. Today may have been one of my longer days.

Thursday 26th April 2018. Lingfield to Washington. 33 miles.

Well, I’m certainly dragging this ride out; I’m still not home! It’s just all a bit too painful. On any other ride, I would have been home yesterday. But it doesn’t matter, if I was home, I’d only spend all day down the pub.

As difficult as I’m finding this cycle camping malarky. I’m really enjoying it, not the pain, obviously, but everything else. I think it’s also helping my health more than usual. Usually, when I’m away touring, I tend to have quite a few beers in the evening. But not on this one. I’ve only been having one or two. It’s too painful having to get up in the night.

I think I’ll definitely be home tomorrow, but you never know!!

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Garry McGivern Travelsonabike2 is bicycle touring England on Sunday, 21st-April-2024. Brockenhurst to Bognor Regis. 73 miles. That was a tough ride. There was a strong north-easterly wind blowing against me. And I did contemplate jumping on a train. But I thought that would be giving up. And let’s face it, I’ve not done that much cycling in the past few days.

There’s nothing to report about the ride home apart from it being hardgoing. Hopefully, my x-rays tomorrow will go okay, and I won’t be whisked away to the operating theatre. And I can get away again before they operate.

Knowing the NHS, and I’m certainly not knocking them. After all, I owe my life to them. But I think/hope it’ll be a few months before anything on the operating table happens. But then again, my neck is not the same as my hip. The consequences of not operating are a lot more serious.

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Garry McGivern Travelsonabike2 is bicycle touring England on Saturday, 20th-April-2024 in Brockenhurst. 38 miles cycled over the past three days. It just shows you how lazy I’ve been.

I cycled to Lymington today, all of six miles away. I was going to have a look around the Saturday market, but it was so busy when I got there that I just turned around and headed back to camp.

It’s been an enjoyable few days away and something a little different to my usual trips. Although to be honest, I do seem to be cycling less and less. And I don’t know whether I can really use my neck as the excuse. But I’m going to!

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Garry McGivern Travelsonabike2 is bicycle touring England on Friday, 19th-April-2024, in Brockenhurst. Well, I’m still here. This trip seems to be turning into more of a holiday. But then why not?

After paying for another night, I went into Brockenhurst to get supplies for the day. Or should I just say beer? But I also got some other bits.

Brockenhurst is a great village with some traditional shops. There’s a butcher’s, baker’s, no candlestick maker! But there is a greengrocer and a good old-fashioned hardware store, as well as a couple of small supermarkets. I used all the shops apart from the hardware store.

A Short Ride

After dropping off my supplies at the tent, I cycled up through the woods to Lyndhurst. Another pretty town, although it’s on the main road and there’s always a queue of traffic. I had a brief look around and visited the Ferrari dealership before returning to camp via the main road. I didn’t buy anything this time at the Ferrari dealership. I’ll leave it until next time!

I found out today that I’m probably going to have my neck operation in Salisbury. At least there’s a nice campsite there. Maybe I could stay in my tent while I recuperate!?!

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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.