May 2012
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To live or not to live, this is the question...
It has been exactly one month since Priscilla and I began our relationship. One month since we pedalled out of Memphis with my friend Rod Wellington in the passenger seat. One month since that car hit us off the road. A lot happens in a month.
Following the crash the damage to Priscilla and my psyche meant a few days off the road in Vicksburg to regroup before the journey started once more in...
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“If anyone knows anyone in the sky department please tell them to turn off the...”
– Sarah Outen asks for less rain during Pacific Row podcast No. 16, just off the coast of Japan: http://www.sarahouten.com/london2london-sarah-outen-16th-phonecast/
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Priscilla's previous life...
As I plod along the roads of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida for 6 weeks it’s more than worth remembering that I’m only contributing a small amount of memories to the wonderful life of this Bikecar.
Priscilla was built by Paul Everitt, from Grimsby, UK. Originally it had four seats and a trailer and its first journey was through Europe. then Paul rode it (mainly solo) for 5 months...
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Choosing like a chicken...
I’ve just taken a leap into the unknown, I’ve skipped a section, broken the line, played the Get Out of Jail Free card.
Having spent the best part of two days on busy highways, jinking on and off the grassy shoulder whenever a gap in traffic presented itself, snailing along, 20 metres grabbed on tarmac and then another crunch of dry vegetation as I swerved right to relative safety, my...
