A big bright sparkling morning saw me flying through Penzance to land on the decks of the Scilllonian – the rampant-with-school-children-ferry that delivered me and mount to the Scilly Isles – where it was grey and cold and raining. After spending a leisurely morning cycling around every cyclable road (there’s not a lot of roads […]
Archive for August, 2001
An Update From Josie
Josie’s Progress (or lack of it) So Far DEPARTURE DATE: April 25 2001 MILES CYCLED: 1692 NUMBER OF PUNCTURES: 1 NUMBER OF BANANAS EATEN: 402 NUMBER OF TIMES PEOPLE SAY ‘YOU NEED AN ENGINE ON THAT!’; Too Many When I was 12 I cycled a 5 speed way-too-big-for-me bike from Portsmouth to Land’s End. It […]
Upcoming Events
Josie will be appearing at the following: Wednesday 10th October – Basingstoke Literature Festival, 7.30 pm, at Overton Library, 19-20 Westminster House, Porter’s Walk, Basingstoke Monday 15th October – Waterstone’s, 7 pm, at 24 Orchard Square, Sheffield Tuesday 16th October – Melton Mowbray, Sheffield, 7.30 pm, at Sage Cross Street Methodist Church.
Unicam Therapeutic Pedal Systems
As mentioned in Josie’s update of July 12th, Paul Butterworth, manager of Unicam Therapeutic Pedal Systems, made Josie a special pedal a few years ago when her knee went wonky. The photos show a Unicam pedal in detail, and Darren using one of the pedal systems which allows him to ride a bike despite severe […]