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a few small misadventures in the mojave desert

By morning the constant stream of cars has been replaced by a constant stream of trucks. It is time to flee. Without having any idea what to expect I head towards the Mojave National Preserve – I haven’t had enough of the desert yet.
The desert, as always contains surprises.
I ride to Kelso where, disappointingly, there [...]

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my first flat tyre

My first flat tyre is something of an anti-climax. I have been dreading a puncture because, impossible though it may seem, I haven’t needed to repair one since I was about nine-years-old.
On this trip alone, over five thousand kilometres have flowed under my wheels without incident but as I take off after a short roadside [...]

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meet my bike

I realise that my bike has been, until now, entirely absent from the blog and this is probably a serious oversight. We are still bonding, my bike and I; it is a new bike bought for this trip. I’m not the type to give my bike a name but if I did I would name [...]

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