Winter Camping

Went camping, going crazy here no camping, it's just wrong. Using the train got to about 22 miles from the site on the US border, so rode the rest on the electric bike, battery lasted quite well, considering, but pushes its capacity even going as light as pos. Such a nice bike tho.

Yep tent is just a tarp. That's all the wood they had so no fire thru the night, I was bloody frozen. Quite an experience tho, learnt a few things, Ray would have been proud.

Got this brilliant bike for a song of Craigs List. Its a big frame, all the gears in the world, such a good ride, it's some sort of mid range hybrid racer, never ridden anything so smooth. It's the bike for going camping with. Made by Specialized its called an Expedition, 2005 model, only year they did with discs, seemed appropriate. Disc brakes, fancy tyres and fast gear changes, it's wicked. Just need better knees and legs now! Adding mudguards and rack at the weekend. Calling it Goose, as in grey goose, goes far (expedition is its model in two tone charcoal grey) like wot a goose does. Want to try the 100km Grand Fondo ride to Whistler next year, so this is a start. First time I named a bike, all other bikes (this is my 5th one since we got here) were just called 'the bike'. Still have the electric for city riding. God I'm so urban! Linzi still has her mountain bike, we have what's called a stable. As the mighty Rik Mayall would have said... It's completely brilliant.