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Mitake-san (Japan) - Flashback #17
Excuse the redundancy, but having found the secret to fixing my scanner I find myself needing to ‘re-package’ a few of these old ‘flashbacks’. I lived near a river called Tamag… more →
Mr. Patterson Goes to Languedoc
Mitake-san (Japan) - Flashback #17
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Gerry Patterson wrote 2 weeks ago: Excuse the redundancy, but having found the secret to fixing my scanner I find myself needing to … more →
Nikko (Japan) 2005 - Flashback #16
Gerry Patterson wrote 2 weeks ago: The scanner is back from the dead, so here is another older post beefed up with new pictures. Cyclin … more →
Eastern Hokkaido (Japan) 1999 - Flashback 15
Gerry Patterson wrote 3 weeks ago: This entry is actually from a while back, but I’ve slapped a couple of photos in and added som … more →
Flashback #14 - Helambu and Jomsom Treks - Nepal 2000
Gerry Patterson wrote 3 weeks ago: In 2000 I made it back to Nepal (click here for my first trip) and much had changed. In ‘95 Du … more →
Central Europe Loop - Days 12, 13 & 14
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Gerry Patterson wrote 2 months ago: In a mad rush to get to The South, we took good advantage of the northerly wind that usually blows d … more →
Central Europe Loop - Days 10 & 11
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Gerry Patterson wrote 2 months ago: Today we left Switzerland in style by hopping on one of the many bicycle-friendly boats the ply the … more →
Central Europe Loop - Day 9
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Gerry Patterson wrote 2 months ago: My secret plan for this trip was to cycle all the way back to Montpellier from our starting point in … more →
Central Europe Loop - Day 8
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Gerry Patterson wrote 2 months ago: Switzerland is a great place to ride a bike. It’s also a decent place to chuck a bike onto pub … more →
The Ridiculous Hills of Switzerland (aka Central Europe Loop - Day 7)
Gerry Patterson wrote 2 months ago: We knew we had a tough day ahead of us, but the gradients of some of the roads in Switzerland are ju … more →
Central Europe Loop - Day 6
Gerry Patterson wrote 2 months ago: Mrs. Collenberg offered to take us down the road and show us where we could hook up with the cycling … more →
Central Europe Loop - Day 5
Gerry Patterson wrote 2 months ago: We rode through 3 countries today and one was not even intended. We hooked left near the eastern end … more →
Central Europe Loop - Days 3 and 4
Gerry Patterson wrote 2 months ago: This morning we started riding on a river that, if we had the time, would take us through 10 countri … more →
Central Europe Loop - Day 2
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Gerry Patterson wrote 2 months ago: This morning we headed out of Steinach on one of the many excellent, traffic-free bike paths to be f … more →
Central Europe Loop - First Day
Gerry Patterson wrote 2 months ago: I really don’t have a good idea of a name for this trip, so I’ll just go with the one ab … more →
How to Pack a Bike - Germany/Switzerland 2009
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Gerry Patterson wrote 3 months ago: The answer, at least for this upcoming trip, is ‘no idea’! This is only about 70% of wha … more →
Thinking Big
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Gerry Patterson wrote 4 months ago: Hey, did I ever tell you my dream? I want to cycle around the world before my time is up. I used to … more →
Flashback #13 - Camino de Santiago, Spain - 2001
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Gerry Patterson wrote 5 months ago: As I begin to write this entry I find it more than a little curious that I now live in a town with a … more →
Flashback #12 - Tiger Leaping Gorge, China - 2000
Gerry Patterson wrote 6 months ago: In 2000 Shoko and I quit our jobs (not the first time or the last…) to set off on an overland … more →
Flashback #11 - Ladakh, India - 1996
Gerry Patterson wrote 6 months ago: After Flashback #9 I took the 2-day bus ride over one of the highest roads in the world (the Leh-Man … more →
