I haven't posted as often as I should, I have troubles getting messages to post. After I log in, write the message, and hit "Post", I get an error message saying "You do not have permission to perform this action. Please refresh the page and login before trying again." Does anyone know why this happens? But I really enjoy reading everybody's posts about their rides and quirky lives. I'm with rdtompki on starting rides early so that there's some day left afterward! Thank goodness I have no horses to clean and feed!
Been having a rough time recently. Collapsed in France while trying to walk the Camino de Santiago in July. Went to Plan B, which was to ride my bike from the Spanish Border to the Normandy Beaches and all around Brittany. Managed that, over the dead bodies of the French doctors. 1200 miles in 25 days, all under canvas.
When I got back home went to the Docs to follow up on the collapse, and ended up in the hands of an Oncologist-Hematologist, and am presently waiting for the results of a bone marrow biopsy. The blood tests I've seen look like multiple myeloma, which is why my kidneys are packing it in.
Last weekend did a 70-mile ride on Saturday to raise funds for breast cancer sufferers, then on Sunday a 10-mile foot race to raise funds for drilling water wells in Africa. Woke up on Monday feverish and passing blood. Not much better on Tuesday, which was my 72nd b'day.
As they say, it's hell growing old, but the alternatives are worse. Grrrrr!

For my birthday I took delivery of my new Bike Friday, which I hope will make biking overseas a lot easier. I'm still working on configuring it to my taste.

JohnB
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Bianchi Volpe (Tourer)
Trek 1.2alpha (roadie)
Bike Friday New World Tourist