Ahh, the moment I was waiting for, to tackle The Beast! Jerry’s sister, Christine came to watch [In the interest of tact and diplomacy, I should point out that the Beast is a 12ish mile trail race, not my sister! MB] I was very excited to arrive at the village of Corfe Castle. It is a very quaint village with beautiful stone buildings of which some had thatched rooftops. [Read more…] about Beauty and the Beast
Big Horn – the other perspective
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Wyoming is a vast countryside surrounded by beautiful mountain views. We decided to check out parts of the course by driving to a designated aid station. Our first stop was checking out the start of the race. We hiked into the trail and were struck by it’s beauty. [Read more…] about Big Horn – the other perspective
Full story of a half journey
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FRIDAY: Bimble and I drove up to Vermont on Friday evening with the bike hung on the bike rack at the rear of the truck. It rained the whole way up and all I could think of was “that poor bike, it’s getting all wet!” Being that it was not even my own bike, I had borrowed it from Hardware who graciously lent me hers since it was much lighter than my own, I felt a needed to protect the it from anything harmful. We arrived at the Brandon Motor Lodge and took the bike inside and all our belongings and quickly settled in with a small cup of wine. Ahhh! We slept in and just relaxed well into late morning the next day. What bliss! [Read more…] about Full story of a half journey