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Spankdale adventure gossip. It may be to journalism what the helicopter ejector seat was to aviation safety, but bear with us...


willpank
Jan 1, 20237 min read
It’s been a long time…
Sorry about that. It turns out, when you go back to your Normal Life, the world comes crashing in with all sorts of demands. Before you...
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lkstockdale
Jul 5, 20223 min read
West Coast Cycling - Rest Day in Cambria with Hearst Castle
Our one and only proper rest day came on Day 14/17. Some may say that's a bit late. You would be correct. Given our time again, we would...
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lkstockdale
Jul 4, 20229 min read
West Coast Cycling - Part 3 Fort Ross, CA to Los Angeles, CA and Hearst Castle rest day
Day 11/17 Fort Ross, CA to San Francisco, CA 93 miles, 6,716 ft elevation A milestone day! 1,000 miles in the saddle, and the first big...
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lkstockdale
Jun 19, 202213 min read
West Coast Cycling - Part 2 North Bend, OR to Fort Ross, CA
Let's call this the gritty middle bit... Following on from our previous post about Days 1-5/17... Day 6/17 North Bend, OR to Gold Beach,...
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willpank
Jun 16, 20228 min read
West Coast Cycling - Part 1 Seattle, WA to North bend, OR
Day 1/17 Bremerton, WA to Westport, WA. 111 miles, 3,891ft elevation. With heavy hearts, we left our beloved Seattle, and our beloved...
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willpank
May 29, 20224 min read
Our final trick - cycling from Seattle to LA
The prep You'll know from our earlier post, prepping for this trip was a bit of a mission. Bike boxes, skiing stuff, snorkels, hot...
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lkstockdale
May 27, 20224 min read
The Olympics
Week 2 of our Seattle adventure had been in the planning for about 30 months, thanks to COVID. Hotels had been booked and cancelled year...
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lkstockdale
May 23, 202211 min read
Getting to Seattle and skiing down a volcano
Lisa and Will have crossed the equator - read on to hear about the Northern leg of the Pacific Adventure! We made it! After an 8 hour red...
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lkstockdale
May 18, 20224 min read
Tahiti - and goodbye French Polynesia
Back to Tahiti we went, having spent a glorious few days in Mo’ore’a. Wanting to ease ourselves into civilisation slowly, we rented a car...
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lkstockdale
May 13, 20223 min read
Mo'ore'a - paradise island
The Society Islands comprise 14 islands; the western ones are called the Windward Islands (or ÃŽles du Vent), and the eastern ones, the...
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