
You’ve got to believe you can be a standup before you can be a standup. You have to believe you can act before you can act. You have to believe you can be an astronaut before you can be an astronaut. You’ve got to believe. – Eddie Izzard Believe And now the end is near [...]
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Today’s song is just about how I will feel this time tomorrow night. Connect I had a lot of conversations with people today about how far I have come since the beginning of this trip. It was great talking to people back home. Mainly Georgie Crane. I went to school with Craney and we used [...]
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A song about moving to LA! I have always been a fan of Robbie Williams, just a great entertainer and I think this song has helped me keep my energy up just thinking about the sunshine in LA. Beaumont I walked through Beaumont today. A really nice little town. I am only bringing it up [...]
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After my sister sang this song to me over the phone I have to call this blog California Soul! A great song that really encapsulates what I am feeling right now. Joshua Tree Ifinally saw a Joshua tree for the first time today. As we went through Joshua Tree there were thousands of them. They [...]
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So this song is from Starlight Express. Whenever I think of this it reminds me of my School and University accomplice, Andy Mackay, who when he went to see the show as a child got his arm stuck in the hydraulic protection screens. Always makes me laugh. Day Off Well we seemed to have landed [...]
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Ok so title might not be a full song…but it makes sense! Early Rise I got up at 3.30 AM this morning and walked the first 5 miles by moonlight. It was quite strange as I don’t think I have done this before on the trip. It was very peaceful but the day ahead was [...]
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Here we go…. the big push… this is what I have been waiting for, I have to push myself to breaking point to get to the finish line on time…10 miles behind and only a week to go! More Miles To really eat the miles up I have decided to do 45 miles today, in [...]
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So here we are last state border crossing and into our last week! I can taste that beer at the end of the trip! Border I set off first thing so we could get the border done and dusted. It was about 5 miles to the Colorado river and the van headed down there when [...]
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Last full day in Arizona! Getting Going It is never nice getting up and already sweating. But it is so humid the van is like an oven. I got up and stood outside for a good 10 minutes trying to cool down, got ready and headed off. Today was going to hit 44 degrees and [...]
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Wow the temperature has risen… A lot! Sleep Walking This has happened once or twice before but not to this extent. I was walking along after lunch today and my eyes were shutting, a little like when you are very tired and driving a car. The unstoppable sleep. Anyway I kept going doing everything in [...]
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Leaving Phoenix I left a little earlier today after being warned by Ryan that the temperature was going to be sky high today. I wanted to try and get one cool stint in today. I headed out from the city limits and soon I was on a dust road. This slows the pace down but [...]
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The best day off I have had so far! I massive thank you to Ryan, Kathleen and tiny Robin! Family Time So last night we headed back across Phoenix to the North and met up with some friends of Chris’. We arrived quite late but the welcome we got was well worth the travel. The [...]
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