I'm still in the high country.....and starting to wear out. 4,000m of climb in the last 4 days; that equates to about 20 hours of pedaling uphill. The weather is good though.
I'm rattling downhill at up to 65 km/hr after the first climb of the day, and I look down to change the GPS mode as I approach a village.....Horror!......there is just an empty space where the GPS could be. In the time it takes to bring the bike to a halt I've already reconciled myself to the fact that it's gone.......skittered into the long grass in the verge, run over by a truck, picked up by a local..............and consoled myself that the new Edge 800 might be quite nice. I turn around and pedal back uphill (groan!)....what's the point.....what's that bit of black on the road....is it?.....can it be possible?......it is! A bit chewed around the edges but still working! Off I head, happier than ever with a bungee wrapped around the GPS. Full marks to Garmin......their after- sales is rubbish but the hardware is pretty good......apart from the mount, where the catch breaks off. : /
I'm rattling downhill at up to 65 km/hr after the first climb of the day, and I look down to change the GPS mode as I approach a village.....Horror!......there is just an empty space where the GPS could be. In the time it takes to bring the bike to a halt I've already reconciled myself to the fact that it's gone.......skittered into the long grass in the verge, run over by a truck, picked up by a local..............and consoled myself that the new Edge 800 might be quite nice. I turn around and pedal back uphill (groan!)....what's the point.....what's that bit of black on the road....is it?.....can it be possible?......it is! A bit chewed around the edges but still working! Off I head, happier than ever with a bungee wrapped around the GPS. Full marks to Garmin......their after- sales is rubbish but the hardware is pretty good......apart from the mount, where the catch breaks off. : /
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| Packed up and ready to hit the road |
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| This is a nature reserve............ |
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| and also a rubbish tip! |
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| There it is!! Lost and found. |
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| It survived! |
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| .......and won't get away again! |
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| ...filling the water tanks |
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| another climb over, not too many more today please |
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| cucumbers stored in my boot - well-wrapped! |
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| ...........the long-haul truckers........my power to weight ratio is probably about the same. |
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| I think this is the final descent into Silifke.........wrong! |
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| I'm kindly offered green plums.......refreshing but best not eat too many of them! |
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| Nice family - they stuffed my bar-bag full of plums despite my protests |
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| The kids are pleased to receive my offer of a dried apricot each. Sadly, the only word the boy said to me was 'money'. Now were did he learn that? |
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