While consciously I’d openly say that “#LonEnd2021 was NOT planned”. Subconsciously it was different.
I’d been planning this since at least since 2012. This is when I cycled to Barcelona #LonLona with Dan . We’d opted for Barcelona over John O’groats to Lands End purely because of the weather as the distances are similar.
Monday morning rolled around and while job hunting on LinkedIn, I found myself utterly bored and lost in HR jargon. Craving the open road, I was daydreaming of the idea of seeing a s i g n p o s t to a random town over a notification of a job P O S T. Adventure is what was needed. telling my inner self that a job is not what you need right now today.
Then over a YouTube lunch I found myself repeatedly stating in my head that ‘I now deserved an over night #MicoAdventure !!!’ This was for all the (so called) effort I’d put in to job hunting during that hour i’d spent searching earlier. ‘I’ll be back at sunrise tomorrow’ I said. Tuesday is now NewJobDay.
I quickly packed my tent, inflatable ground mat and a sleeping bag. Threw in a mini stove, some gas and a can of baked beans for dinner. After checking the tyres, I finally adjusted my bike helmet around my slightly larger chin. (it had grown since I last rode my bike over a year ago.)
Given that you can’t cycle to Lands End on a single cycle, I knew I wasn’t going there. Well not today. I didn’t really know where I was going. The last ride on this bike was from Amsterdam heading west to St Albans from Harwick . It therefore seems logical to continue heading west.
