Short Way Round
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 7:07 pmOur first Prize, so Kindly donated by Nick of the Bradford branch of Hein Gericke is a PSX-R Blouson jacket in Red, Black or Blue and in any size. This is one great jacket! All you have to do is win, couldn't be easier.
Just post your name saying you except the challenge and e-mail Jayne@ixxra.co.uk with your pledge, this can be as little or as much as you like, please remember, every penny goes to charity.
Proposed Challenge
Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman travelled the world, the Long Way Round, we challenge you to visit as many places as you can in a couple of days.
Visit and photograph your bike in as many locations around the world that you can find but within a couple of days’ riding.
An hour or two with a gazetteer ( http://www.gazetteer.co.uk/ ) should help… for instance: Halifax is easy – it’s in West Yorkshire and 3000 miles away in Nova Scotia. There's a Egypt in Yorkshire, Berkshire etc. You could visit Holland Fen without going further than Lincolnshire; Gibraltar is near Skegness and Philadelphia in Tyne and Wear. Then there’s Jericho Street and Durban Crescent in Leeds. I can think of Washington and Vancouver represented without going round the world. Place names and street names acceptable, no Indian restaurants and such! Just prove they exist somewhere in the world and we will accept them.
Scoring:
Towns, villages, and topographical features two points each;
Streets, pubs, parks, and urban features one point.
If you can, take a photo or prove in some way that you were there and you can be as devious and creative as you like! All we ask is that you go on the bike, enjoy yourself and limit your efforts to a maximum of two days’ riding sometime between 19th May and the end date of 19th of June
Enjoy the world!
Just post your name saying you except the challenge and e-mail Jayne@ixxra.co.uk with your pledge, this can be as little or as much as you like, please remember, every penny goes to charity.
Proposed Challenge
Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman travelled the world, the Long Way Round, we challenge you to visit as many places as you can in a couple of days.
Visit and photograph your bike in as many locations around the world that you can find but within a couple of days’ riding.
An hour or two with a gazetteer ( http://www.gazetteer.co.uk/ ) should help… for instance: Halifax is easy – it’s in West Yorkshire and 3000 miles away in Nova Scotia. There's a Egypt in Yorkshire, Berkshire etc. You could visit Holland Fen without going further than Lincolnshire; Gibraltar is near Skegness and Philadelphia in Tyne and Wear. Then there’s Jericho Street and Durban Crescent in Leeds. I can think of Washington and Vancouver represented without going round the world. Place names and street names acceptable, no Indian restaurants and such! Just prove they exist somewhere in the world and we will accept them.
Scoring:
Towns, villages, and topographical features two points each;
Streets, pubs, parks, and urban features one point.
If you can, take a photo or prove in some way that you were there and you can be as devious and creative as you like! All we ask is that you go on the bike, enjoy yourself and limit your efforts to a maximum of two days’ riding sometime between 19th May and the end date of 19th of June
Enjoy the world!
...the van pulled in up the slip road so I thought ah well beggars can't be choosers, owts better than nowt at this time of day and ran towards the van. As I got closer I could see that the back of the van was full off bales of straw and crammed up against the back door were two fookin rabid psychotic 
dogs 
I smiled and said yes.
backed, feather backed, leather backed, or goddam barebacked....so you be careful what ya saying now y'hear?
