Phew, I don’t want to even think about how long ago it was that I started working on this video. Long enough. It’s finally finished now – a selection of our photos from the Hokkaido, Japan portion of our 2009 cycle tour, set to a frenetic ska version of Turning Japanese, and invoking awesome route-drawn-on-map technology (well, not that awesome, but shh).
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any regrets?
I regret that I didn’t look at the weather before I left home to cycle to work this morning.
I regret that I didn’t bring spare pants to work with me.
I lament the fact that I will be sitting in wet pants all day today.
(Oh, and I also regret that my horse in the Melbourne Cup came fourth in a photo finish, swine horse)
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as promised…
The triumphant arrival of my new camera.
It appears to take photos, which is what I was hoping for, so I’m rather pleased.
Getting it home was interesting. I cycled back from Fedex in torrential rain: visibility was low, thunder and lightning overhead, I was completely saturated, and not getting any drier as I pedalled through inches of water, with vehicles driving past throwing even more sheets of water at me. I had trouble keeping my eyes open in the rain; by the time I got home they were thoroughly bloodshot. The camera stayed dry though.
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you can’t get the wood, you know
On the advantages of driving on the right-hand side of the road… I am left-footed. When I go cycling in traffic in Australia, I have to grovel about standing in the gutter, with my right foot resting on the road. Meanwhile everyone else stands proudly tall, their left foot on the kerb. However, when I get to cycling on American roads, finally I have my day, and can stand on the kerb with pride (I was excited when I discovered this).
Also, I’ve torn my A2 pulley (sounds rather impressive and doctor-waffley doesn’t it? It’s the tendon in my left ring finger). Luckily it’s only a partial tear. This is what I get from climbing in the gym.
Are you a millionaire?
No, I’m seven and six short.
Blast.