OT or not, cheers to you for having adventures like that. The only adventure
I had akin to that was a solo motorcycle trip with quite a few miles of
hiking thrown in. There's nothing quite as satisfying as carrying everything
you need for (in my case only 2 nights) 6 weeks of adventuring.

Nice work and welcome back.

Now bottle that damn wine!

"Pinky" > wrote in message
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> I arrived back home in Yorkshire last Friday (21 May). I had cycled from
> here to Santiago de Compostela ( leaving England from Portsmouth to St
> Malo -- 2340.4 Km on my trusty velo) and then spent about 8 days
returning
> by train, car and Euro Bike Express. It was an unimaginable
experience.with
> an awful lot of rain, cold, snow and wind in Spain---. But I did it in 3
> weeks shorter than planned
>
> Now I must prepare for the strawberry season in about a months time and
get
> back down to bottling several 23 litre batches to free up for the summer
> season fruits
>
> I am a bit at a lost and finding it difficult to settle back into a normal
> routine after 6 weeks living totally self contained on my velo!
>
> --
> Trevor A Panther
> In South Yorkshire, England
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