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Wednesday, 25 May 2011

The awesome journey - Part 1

Last adjustments to our lifelines

I must admit that anxiety was taking control of myself the night before I hopped on my bike . We had a little farewell party at the Ridgeway the night before and I’d like to thank all the people who came out and gave me the much needed support .

I could not close my eyes till about 3 am and decided that a drink was in order . I downed about half a pint of whiskey and coke . A little smoke later , I dozed off to the great wonders of dreamland .

I was awoken by Ben , a great brother of mine who got up as early as 6 am to come and send me off . I must tell you , I was so nervous about the whole thing , I did feel my hands shaking a little bit .

I know I was fit but at the same time , I had never cycled more than 10 miles at one time . Come what may – I kept telling myself . After quite an emotional bid farewell with my brother in law , sister , aunt and niece we proceeded to the car park of the Ridgeway for last minute amendments .

As we all know , Stefano decided to join me merely 4 days before this trip which made it quite interesting after all . I could tell , we didn’t say much to each other except giving each other an edgy glance every other minute .

The crazy mother fuckers

The mission of the day was to make the 85 mile ride to Folkestone

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Trying to pull off a smile with a million thoughts in me head

My new plight

Ahoj ! Guess who's back ? Yes , me . It feels good to be back inclined with this blog that I once almost gave up upon . Hope you guys like the new layout of the blog but if you don't you can do yourself a favour and have a beer :P Wow , there are so many new features on the Blogger dashboard that it actually took me quite some time to get used to all the new THAT and THIS ..

One of the things that really caught my attention was the fact that my biggest hits were coming from United States and Canada .. Like 60 percent of the hits came from various parts of America . Astounding as that is one country I have not traveled nor blogged about but thanks anyways to all those frequent hitters :)

I also got readers from Kuwait , Serbia and Australia .. ( Great !! ) Thanks for the support . I will continue writing artlessly , gaudily and provocatively ..

Yeah , thought I will take a photo for all of ya' :)

A little hut we built for myself

Wednesday, 20 April 2011

A year of stillness

I am not gonna be making excuses . Yeah - I have not blogged for almost a year

I am sure people have been made to feel rather sulky to the fact that the much hyped upon blog was actually made idle over a long period of time . I got nothing much to say but to apologise to all those who actually supported and came along with me throughout this wonderful journey

I have been one lazy – leave it for tomorrow – pathetic moron

Lots have happened in the course of the last year . It was rather stirring for me to read my last post in which was written merely 6 hours before I left on my 7 Nation Bike Ride . Well , I guess I am right to say that I am back to serve you with more of my shit regardless whether you like it and promise to try and be more civilised with my routines

My sincere apologies go to all the wonderful people I met during my Bike Ride as I know the most of you would have actually logged on here to check on me progress . Well , to cut the story short .. I made it . I cycled from London to Sweden , a journey that changed my life for sure

Give me a moment and I will enlighten you with some great stories and some really fucked up ones on what I have been up to the last year . Not like it’s gonna be anything special . I just USE you people to make myself feel like I have done something prolific :)

Welcome back to Trippy and Twisted people ..

Monday, 3 May 2010

6 hour countdown

Today has been a hectic day .. there was lotsa running around to be done and I must admit , I feel rather concluded and contented with my achievements today . I am now sitting down in front of the laptop with a million things running through my head . Alot of should have's as well as shouldn't have's .. some awesome moments and some quite heart rending moments . But I am trying to put away all my thoughts and focus on one thing at a time .. As for now , I need to get on my bike - with all my fuckin' stuff and make my way to transit point number 1 - Folkestone . Cycling was one thing but cycling with panniers loaded with almost 19 kg's of camping equipment etc is definitely another league ...

This is how my sister's place looked as I invaded her lounge with my self sustainable belongings .. As much as I love travelling - this time I had to spellbind myself to ensure I am not stuck in some forest in Germany just to take in that I had forgotten some essentials . I really had to put my mind and soul into this checklist and I must say - I am still not 100 % but came up with a new dogma - Come what may , can't give a fuck no more :)

Went over to Stef's at around 10 pm just to make sure he has got everything in place and yeah , we both looked at each other looking a bit nervous thinking to ourselves , this sounds all fuckin' awesome :)

I must say that travelling with Stef is gonna be enjoyable and special in everyway ..

Anyway , I am going to try and update this blog with some daily journals if permitted . Promise to put up some nice pictures and videos of us doing what we do best . To all the people in London who have made my stay here a grand one - thank you . To those who contributed to distressing moments , thanks for making me stronger . Now you know , when I leave this place .. the next time you hear me sing Home by Michael Buble , I sure am talking about London and about all the great people here . Love and respect .. Pavin xx

Monday, 12 April 2010

My 7 nation run on the bicycle

Well , here are some of the finalised details concerning my bike ride ..

A very good friend of mine has shown interest in wanting to join me on this ride ..

This person is no other than Stefano .. a famous figure in Enfield :)

An awesome tennis player , a good drinker , a good spontaneous brother with a strong personality and a good reputation to be able to do things that many may find fuckin' crazy or simply revolting :) I must admit that doing this trip with Stefano would be really awesome as we are pretty much very good friends , the same people in many ways and pretty much used to sleeping rough therefore sharing a tent in someones farm woudn't be that hard but mind you , I am not very certain of his sexuality :) Haha ..

Well .. this is the finalised route ..

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We are leaving on the 1st of May ..

At 6:00 AM

Departing from the Ridgeway Tavern car park in Enfield . Anyone who is really up for giving us a good kick start.. feel free to ditch the duvet in the wee hours and waking up to the miserably cold weather at 5:45 AM and getting up there for a farewell hug :)

Well , it would be nice to see you people there but would understand if you are not present .. :)

We are planning an official farewell party at the Ridgeway Tavern

On Friday the 29th of April

Starting time : When pub opens

End time : Find someones house to crash in and party

To all those who know us .. feel free to pop in :)

To the sponsors .. thanks for the support , could not have done it without you guys .. I am sure you will be there to make sure we don't get too drunk before the trip :)

As mentioned previously .. this bike ride is done for the purpose of self enhancement as well as raising money for a charity fund .. The next post will consist of information regarding this orphanage . The next post will also comprise of our lookout for sponsors for some of the equipment necessary for this journey ..
Last but not least .. thank you guys for making this dream an almost come true moment for me :)