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by Liz We don’t think Aberdeen deserves its nickname – discovered yesterday evening as we googled what to do here – as the hellhole of the Pacific Northwest but visitor attractions don’t abound. Yesterday we passed signs to the museum and were keen to visit and find out about the history of the area but…
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by Philip Day’s mileage : 49 Running total : 377 Today was a shorter ride, as we headed south to Aberdeen for the first rest day of our trip. With a planned route of 49 miles, we left our cottage shortly after 10 – but not before a visit to the bench looking out over the…
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by Liz Day’s mileage : 67 Running total : 328 It was another beautiful, sunny day today. Instead of riding 68 miles to Lake Quinault along the 101, which would have taken us out to the west coast at Ruby Beach, we decided to go up into the mountains and down the other side, a…
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by Philip Day’s mileage : 49 Running total : 261 What a difference a day makes! Yesterday we did 47.5 miles, into a stiff headwind, with several challenges caused by road closures which increased the amount of climbing we did, and I used 86% of my battery. Today, we did 49 miles, with a much…
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by Liz Day’s mileage : 48 Running total : 212 This morning, as we only had 42 miles to ride, we had a lie in and a leisurely start. Today’s lesson was don’t do that. Expect the unexpected and leave early to allow for all eventualities. We had three road closures with diversions to contend…
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by Philip Day’s mileage : 62 (although 6 of these were on a ferry!) Running total : 164 Today we were up early as, unusually, we had a deadline, with a ferry to catch at 10:15 from Coupeville (3 miles from the AirBnB) to Port Townsend. The accommodation was stunning, with a beautiful main room…
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by Liz Day’s mileage : 51 Running total : 102 This morning the first half of my book was jettisoned along with the big box of out of date biscuits (delicious, now moved to a smaller tub) and three big bags we used on the journey over. We successfully made space in our panniers so…
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by Philip Day’s mileage : 51 After many months of planning and preparation, and a few days sorting out minor things like buying our bikes, today was the day. The day of starting our expedition, of realising Liz’s dream, and of finally starting to ride from border to border. We began by cycling from our…
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by Liz It’s been another sunny, blue sky day in Washington state and a beautiful afternoon’s riding. After sharing some of Christine’s amazing cookies with the staff at the bike shop, we left at 1 and headed north. The I-5 was busy for the first few miles but we weren’t on it, following instead a…
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by Philip Having made it to 10pm last night we managed some sleep before being wide awake at 03:30 so today has seen an early start! We began with a great breakfast in the hotel … freshly made waffles with whipped cream and syrup, fruit, bagels & cream cheese, scrambled eggs and some unidentified veggies…