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Life After Sepsis

Sepsis is life-threatening and can be hard to spot, and can have many lasting problems, but there is still life after sepsis, as Garry is living proof.

1 in 5 people don’t know the signs. Don’t be that person. Learn the symptoms, and spread the word as much as possible so others can be as lucky as I was.

Slurred speech or confusion

Extreme shivering or muscle pain, fever

Passing no urine all day

Severe breathlessness

It feels like you’re going to die

Skin mottled or discoloured

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Cycling England: Bognor To Sandown On This Day 13th February 2019 | Travelsonabike2

Travelsonabike2 this day 13th-February-2019 Baron fields and trees

On This Day 2019: Cycling Bognor Regis to Sandown

My on this day bicycle touring post comes from England on the 13th of February 2019. This was my second trip away after recovering from the severe sepsis shock that nearly killed me the year before. And I’m still finding things hard going.

Wednesday 13th February 2019. Bognor Regis to Sandown, on the Isle of Wight. 50 miles.

Well, that was another day that didn’t go according to plan. I was heading for Swanage and was doing fairly well. If you look at a map, the most direct route to Swanage from Bognor Regis is via the Isle of Wight, on a bike, that is. So I cycled to Portsmouth, caught the ferry to the Isle of Wight, got to the island and got a puncture.

Being my normal, useless self, which I seem to be these days, it took me well over an hour to fix. And it was early afternoon by the time I was back on the road. Half a mile up the road, I stopped again for some reason. I can’t really remember why. I might have been trying to see ferry times for the next ferry from Yarmouth to Lymington. Anyway, while I was parked up at a bus stop, an old lady came past walking her dog. Well, he was a lively little thing jumping up at me and wagging his tail, which I didn’t mind at all. He was lovely.

Well, the long and short of it is she could talk for England. And I must have been there for nearly an hour. Which, to be honest, I really didn’t mind; she was quite pleasant. Once I’d finished talking, or rather listening to her, I continued on.

After cycling through Newport, it dawned on me that I wasn’t going to get to Swanage until really late, so I decided to stay on the island. Now that I’d decided to stay on the island, I thought I’d give youth hostelling a go, but after making a few phone calls, I found out they were all shut.

Fence across a path
Stupid closure

Now What

My next plan was to head back across the island towards Sandown, as I knew there were a lot of campsites around there, and it was an easy ride along the Red Squirrel Trail. That turned into a nightmare. Well, maybe not a nightmare, but a bloody pain. They’d closed part of it off, but failed to put any signs up notifying anybody. So, one and a half miles down one part of it, I had to turn around, go back and find another route.

I reached Sandown but unfortunately couldn’t find any campsites that were open, so once again I’m having to stay in a hotel. I will get to camp one day.

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Bicycle Touring Photos: September 2025 | Travelsonabike2

Bicycle Touring Photos September 2025 Sunrise over a meadow

September 2025 Cycle Touring Photos

Photos from my bicycle touring exploits around the world, which I’ve added to the website over the past month (September 2025). Photographs that I’ve taken while travelling around on my bike that have appeared on the website over the past month. This month’s photos come from Kazakhstan, France and my recent ride to the New Forest and Dorset.

Photos in the Flickr album are also mainly from my ride at the end of the month. Although there are also a few from my time at home before I went away, including my first ride out of the month. This was due to bad weather. And my hip playing me up, but after getting some stronger painkillers from the doctors. I was able to get back on my bike.

You can also find photos on my social media channels: Facebook, Threads, Instagram, and Pinterest, which you can view without subscribing. But if you already use social media, why not follow me as I travel around on my bike?

Bicycle Touring Photos September 2025

(Pictures added to the website this month)

Passepartout in Brighton
Well that was a bit wild
The market hall in Bray-sur-Seine
Garry in Ventnor in 2018. Check out his mmon face from all the steroids he was taking
In Intensive Care in 2018. I was well away with the fairies at this point
Ready to be transferred out of the ICU to a regular ward
Dieppe Chateau (castle)
Garry with his new friends on the Avenue Verte
Looking at this photo I think I must have been out of my coma. But still heavily sedated
Haha, another photo opertunity
My hotel in Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Back out and about on my bike
Wotten Creek on the Ilse of Wight
St. Mildred’s Church, Whippingham on the Isle of Wight
I was still very weak and had to use a mobility scooter to go shopping
Swanage Bay
Boscombe Pier
At the campsite in the New Forest
For some strange reason, there are loads of Robins everywhere
It had to be a picture of some ponies. I’ve not seen them for ages
Sunrise in Felpham
My first ride out to Bosham after my brush with sepsis
Early morning in the New Forest
September 2025 Bicycle Touring Photos

September 2025 Flickr Photo Album

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September 2025 Bicycle Touring Photos

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Bicycle Touring England: Brockenhurst To Langton Matravers | Travelsonabike2

Boats on blue water with a cliff in the background

September Is Sepsis Awareness Month

My latest bicycle touring update: cycling in England, Brockenhurst to Langton Matravers. 42 miles. I had a nice leisurely ride today, especially along the eight-mile flat cycle route from Southbourne to Poole. It must have taken me nearly two hours. It was absolutely gorgeous along there.

Even with taking my time, I was still at camp by 2 o’clock. A nice short day. But I did have some mountains to contend with after Poole! Well, maybe not quite mountains, but there were some hills. The Purbeck Hills, which, to be honest, I didn’t find too bad. These new drugs are working a treat!

Boscombe Pier

I Shouldn’t Be Here

Anyway, I’m glad I’m here rather than where I should have been. A couple of weeks ago, I got a date through from the hospital to take my gallbladder out, which was for today. No chance, I’ve hardly been anywhere this year. And especially as I was unable to get away in September. No, I wanted to be away, even if it is only to some of my regular haunts before they close for the year. They can operate on me later in the year! It’s not as if it’s giving me any grief. In fact, it hasn’t troubled me for a couple of years now, hence why I’m in no rush to have it removed.

Sepsis Awareness Month: Learn The Signs

September is Sepsis Awareness Month, as it is every year. And as a sepsis survivor myself, I want to promote it as much as possible. So, people recognise the signs, and we can save as many lives as possible. It takes 5 minutes to learn the signs of sepsis.
Slurred speech or confusion
Extreme shivering or muscle pain, fever
Passing no urine all day
Severe breathlessness
It feels like you’re going to die
Skin mottled or discoloured

Please learn the signs. It’s really important as it could save a life. 1 in 5 people don’t know the signs. Don’t be that person. Learn the symptoms, and spread the word as much as possible so others can be as lucky as I was.

I’ve also made a few short videos of my experience with sepsis, to accompany this month of sepsis awareness, which are available to watch on YouTube.

Ride Information & Updates:

Follow & Support

If you’re enjoying the ride and want to fuel my next mile, you can always support me by buying me a beer. Or subscribe to my blog and follow me as I travel around on my bike. As a subscriber, you’ll be among the first to receive news and updates on future tours. And, of course, you can always follow me on social media: Facebook, Bluesky, Threads, X, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest. I’m also on Flickr, where you’ll find pictures from all my tours, along with regular photo updates that I generally publish each month.

If you want to find out if I’m away touring at the moment and check my location, visit the Where’s Garry page. And for an insight into the gear and logistics that keep me on the road, see my Life at 10mph Guide.

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Bicycle Touring England: In Brockenhurst | Travelsonabike2

Horses by a tree

September Is Sepsis Awareness Month

My latest bicycle touring update: cycling in England, on Monday, the 29th September 2025. Brockenhurst. It was good to be back in the New Forest, albeit for one day. But I might return again later this week. Although it wouldn’t be here, they close for the season tomorrow.

No, if I do return later in the week, it would be to the Long Meadow campsite across the road. Although after saying that, I could hear the deer last night making their rutting noise or whatever it is. So at Long Meadow, it would be a lot worse because that’s right next to the deer Park. I’ll see later in the week.

Everybody I spoke to this morning was asking if I was alright last night. Apparently, it was pretty cold. Haha, I never noticed. I slept straight through. Although I must admit I did think it was a little chilly when I got up.

For some strange reason, there are loads of Robins everywhere

I’ve not been up to much today. I had a walk through the campsite this morning. Then rode into Brockenhurst to get tonight’s supper and, obviously, other essential supplies, i.e., beer. Then just a ride around the campsite this afternoon. A very lazy day. It’s so peaceful down here, there’s not many on the campsite.

The plan for tomorrow, as it stands tonight, is to head down to Swanage. Although by the time tomorrow comes, I may well have changed my mind.

Sepsis Awareness Month: Learn The Signs

September is Sepsis Awareness Month, as it is every year. And as a sepsis survivor myself, I want to promote it as much as possible. So, people recognise the signs, and we can save as many lives as possible. It takes 5 minutes to learn the signs of sepsis.
Slurred speech or confusion
Extreme shivering or muscle pain, fever
Passing no urine all day
Severe breathlessness
It feels like you’re going to die
Skin mottled or discoloured

Please learn the signs. It’s really important as it could save a life. 1 in 5 people don’t know the signs. Don’t be that person. Learn the symptoms, and spread the word as much as possible so others can be as lucky as I was.

I’ve also made a few short videos of my experience with sepsis, to accompany this month of sepsis awareness, which are available to watch on YouTube.

Ride Information & Updates:

Follow & Support

If you’re enjoying the ride and want to fuel my next mile, you can always support me by buying me a beer. Or subscribe to my blog and follow me as I travel around on my bike. As a subscriber, you’ll be among the first to receive news and updates on future tours. And, of course, you can always follow me on social media: Facebook, Bluesky, Threads, X, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest. I’m also on Flickr, where you’ll find pictures from all my tours, along with regular photo updates that I generally publish each month.

If you want to find out if I’m away touring at the moment and check my location, visit the Where’s Garry page. And for an insight into the gear and logistics that keep me on the road, see my Life at 10mph Guide.

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