Kit-wise I've got everything I need, probably much more than I need. Living in rural Portugal most of the stuff is bought on-line so there's been a steady arrival of little parcels for some months now. It's a bit of a standing joke with our postman. "What! No parcel today!" But all this extravagance is coming to an end, just waiting for a handle bar mirror, thermal longs and a shortwave radio.
As far as training goes, during December and January we are holidaying in SE Asia (no cycling planned) and on the way home I pick up my new touring bike. So, apart from being out of the saddle for 2 months, I'll have exactly a week to prepare the bike.........lots of tinkering with racks, bottle holders and accessories.
I went back to the UK in September to be measured up for the bike, a Santos Travelmaster from MSG Bikes in Lancing . They have fitted out several globetrotters with this bike including James Bowthorpe who in 2009 pedaled himself into the Guinness Book of Records with a record-breaking circumnavigation of 175 days. Should be OK for my trip then : )
The shortwave radio arrived. It was purchased to keep me in touch with the BBC World Service. Only now I've found out they have stopped broadcasting to Europe in 2008 due to lack of demand! Never mind, I'll use it in Asia.
As far as training goes, during December and January we are holidaying in SE Asia (no cycling planned) and on the way home I pick up my new touring bike. So, apart from being out of the saddle for 2 months, I'll have exactly a week to prepare the bike.........lots of tinkering with racks, bottle holders and accessories.
I went back to the UK in September to be measured up for the bike, a Santos Travelmaster from MSG Bikes in Lancing . They have fitted out several globetrotters with this bike including James Bowthorpe who in 2009 pedaled himself into the Guinness Book of Records with a record-breaking circumnavigation of 175 days. Should be OK for my trip then : )
The shortwave radio arrived. It was purchased to keep me in touch with the BBC World Service. Only now I've found out they have stopped broadcasting to Europe in 2008 due to lack of demand! Never mind, I'll use it in Asia.
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