The Next Challenge

Category: Tim’s Adventures

  • Step by Step, Tweet by Tweet

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    I walked to work with my friend Ewan Laurie back in March. 20 miles overnight in support of Money for Magadascar. I documented our little adventure by Tweeting through the night. Here’s the story… Time for a tactical power nap before tonight’s commute Beautifully clear night. Let’s hope it stays that way for tonight’s walk.…

  • A Day on the Jubilee Line – Part I

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    Ever since running 29 miles along the Northern Line, going out for a run has felt a bit different. Discovering that I could run that distance without any real training or preparation has left me feeling entirely calm about the prospect of covering any lesser distance and Sunday morning was no different. The Jubilee Line…

  • Tubes in Tweets – Part I

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    One of the best thing’s about mine and Laura’s challenge to run the length of every Tube Line in London is that people “get it”. Sure, most people don’t spend their Sundays running 20, 30, 40 miles through Central London but it’s understandable in a way that, say, climbing mountains or skiing to Poles might…

  • Why I wish I had more money (but am glad that I don’t)

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    I wish I had more money so that I could… Go to the South Pole without having to get a corporate sponsor Eat more healthily Make purchases based on a provider’s service, ideals, ethics, location and where they source their materials (rather than just its price) Buy the new Vampire Weekend album (and give them…

  • How to prevent bike theft

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    I watched someone steal a bike last month. Right in front of me they cut the cable lock with a pair of pliers and pushed off with it into traffic on Notting Hill High Street. I was gutted. Seeing the man work frantically with his tool I asked: “Hi. What are you doing?”. Don’t worry,…

  • 1,001 miles in a rickshaw

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    Yesterday afternoon I arrived back home having cycled a rickshaw a thousand miles home from the Highlands. It took just over four weeks, meaning that I finished two weeks ahead of schedule. I passed through all the Special Olympics Great Britain operating regions, furthered the previous record of 955 miles and had a bit of…

  • Why rickshaws suck (compared to regular touring bikes)

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    They have the aerodynamics of a brick If you’re camping, you ain’t gonna hide it You can’t lift them over walls/fences They are wider than many gates and cycle lanes (see above) They are slooow on the uphill and unstable on the down (and thus slow) You can’t lean them and they don’t have a…

  • When again will I eat houmous at midnight?

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    When next shall I find myself lying in a ditch beneath a sheet of camouflage nylon inside a sleeping bag strewn at the most obscure of angles to find comfort whilst tending a pot of luke warm cous cous as it heats slowly above the purr of a stove? How long until I once more…

  • Long days and short

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    This blog post is being written from a small gravel layby off the A4074 from which I’ve just turn off in a mild hypoglycaemic funk. Yesterday was my biggest yet – 74 miles – but I’ve decided to crack on today with another 40-odd to a friend’s house to keep momentum up, push the body…

  • Why rickshaws rule (compared to regular touring bikes)

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    Loads of space for kit Seat cushion doubles as a great mattress You have an instant and comfortable park bench wherever you are Better crowd support It stands up on its own (and you don’t have to unclip your SPD shoes at traffic lights) People are even friendlier than normal when you ask for help…

  • 7 Signs of Support (for the long distance rickshaw rider)

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    The car honk – invariably positive rather than angry as displayed in the Pie Chart of Positivity (scroll far right) “That looks like hard work” – as I struggle uphill and riposte predictably with “Yeah, it feels like it too!” The wave – drivers passing on the other side of the road or overtaking and…

  • Stage 2: Edinburgh to the Peak District

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    The most notable change for the second leg of my journey is that The Bug now works properly. Where previously my cycling was accompanied by a continual grinding-of-metal noise and my charge would lurch ever-so-slightly left with annoying consistency, it now does not. I hadn’t thought it was having a great impact on my progress…