Second last day on the road and the bubble burst today.
After a week of good road and good conditions, we suffered today. We have taken the Trans-Canada Highway across Newfoundland and we have been impressed with the good road and decent shoulder we had to ride on. Until today I had NL leading the provinces for road conditions but NL took a hit today. We had a strong crosswind or head wind all day. Twice the crosswind blew me off the road. As the big trucks went by we either got hit by a blast or sucked along by a vacuum. All this was made worse by putting a rumble strip on a narrow shoulder which absolutely ruined the road for cyclists. At times we were expected to ride along a 4 inch strip between the rumble strip and the gravel. I’m good, but not that good. At one point when I pulled over for a photo break, I had to confess it was more of a cool off break. I was imagining all the things I would do to the engineer who designed this stretch of road. The narrow shoulder and debris on the road meant we could not watch the scenery, but the TCH did open up today with nice vistas of the terrain around the highway. We finally made it to Whitbourne at 5:30 and the nice lady at the information booth set us up with a decent room and a nice meal. 
Note to Don: I carry a Fujifilm E550 digital camera and a 9" Fujitsu Life book. The camera has 6.3 pixels resolution. We take about 10 shots per day and download them to my PC every night. From the PC we upload 3 or 4 to the blog every day.
8 comments:
Well, that didn't sound too good - riding all this way and getting knocked about by the wind like that. Let's hope that your last day is calmer and more enjoyable.
Can't imagine how you are feeling today or what it will be like tomorrow when you don't have a set number of kilometres to ride. I look forward to hearing that you have made it safely.
Take care both of you.
Jean
Linda and I wish you both a wide shoulder for your final day and a safe arrival in St. Johns. We will miss your daily summaries very much.
Thanks for the info regarding your picture taking; you're carrying a PC with you!!! - I assume that it's a laptop!
Congratulations,
Don
Hi guys:
Good to know that you both made it through such a rough day with the wind and all. Mixed emotions you both must be feeling as your journey will soon come to an end. But what memories!! And what an accomplishment.
Enjoy your final day and especially refreshments and celebration awaiting you.
Travel safe.
Hi Tim and Tim
Congratulations on having safely finished your cross-Canada ride. What a great achievement!
Enjoy your weekend in St. John's.
See you on Monday!
Joan
Saturday Morning England
Assuming you've completed the first half of your journey. Is it Monday that you start the return?? Anyway you'll have to do the return a bit quicker Tim if we're to see you in Germany on the 25th. Seriously though, congratulations to both of you on such an amazing achievement. Whats next!!!
Love Orest & Tina xxx
Anonymous said...
Hey. WELL DONE YOU GUYS!!!!!
Given me inspiration for when i finally get the call to pick up the gold watch and **** off into the sunset. Great stuff. Hear all about it back in Wuelfrath next time i am over . Cheers Geoff (and Daeng)
HI GUYS. THIS FROM YOUR DAY ONE HOSTESS IN VANCOUVER. CONGRADS ON YOUR LAST DAY OF THIS TRIP.
BC GAVE YOU YOUR FIRST FLAT TIRE ON DAY ONE, AND YOUR FIRST DAYS OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAINS SO THAT YOU HAD TO BUY SPECIAL GEAR AND THEN THERE WAS THE ROCKIE MOUNTAINS OF CANADA TO CROSS. GREAT JOB!!!!!!
IT WAS SUCH A GREAT PLEASURE TO MEET YOU EURO TIM. I KNOW THAT I WAS A BIT OF A DISSAPPOINTMENT IN THAT I COULD NOT DRINK ENOUGH BEER TO KEEP UP WITH YOU BOTH, BUT I DID THEN CHANNEL YOU TO MY EX HUSBAND WHO COULD AND DID CERTAINLY KEEP UP AND WHO IS A FUNNY GUY..
SEE YOU IN OCTOBER TIM B. CHEERIO EURO TIM.
SHEILA
Congratulations from Campbellford Ontario, Tim and Tim - Well done!
It has been great to read your story and see your pictures - we will definitely miss this!
B and B
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