Steve and I spent the evening cleaning up the bikes, degreasing the chain and gears and applying clean grease. Of course as soon as we start the trek on all those muddy tow paths and fields they will get dirty again. It was quite a faff to clean them using a bowl of soapy water, rags, brushes, degreaser, grease. Not sure i want to lug all of that with me.
I managed to pick up a new bike pump and a spare folding tyre to take with me yesterday but what i was really after were 2 new ordinary tyres to put on the bike. After phoning around many stores and having no luck I had to put in an order and hope they arrive at a store in time for the trip. I shall be chasing up the store today as they reckon they get deliveries every day. i also bought OS maps for the whole route which gives me a bit more confidence with the navigation.
Only 4 days to go and I'm getting a bit nervous now. Once the trek starts I'll start making blog posts which include photos to liven it up a bit.
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