I am a little hesitant to actually sign this one off as being achieved. This goal, like several of the others, such as learning Spanish, or learning to play the harmonica, is somewhat subjective. I will be the first to admit that I am not quite ready for the front cover of Men’s Health magazine, […]
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The last couple of days have been pretty busy, both with goal-related efforts, and with the more practical matter of preparing to move on again. I have been in Colorado now for about five weeks and have really started to settle in here, enjoying the place, the people and the lifestyle. I have had a […]
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It was supposed to be a full moon, but thick clouds had darkened the horizon, and looking out of the window of the little plane, everything appeared ominously black. There was a little light left on the horizon where the sun had set behind the mountains about forty minutes earlier. It had been an eventful […]
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There’s good news and bad news. Which do you want first? In slightly less tan traditional form, I’ll start with the good news. ebay refunded the last of my listing fees, and my outstanding bill with them has been reduced to 35 cents. I’m not sure where that comes from, but I’m not going to […]
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Unfortunately the $50,000 charity fundraising goal has had a bit of a setback, and I have had to withdraw the sales of the fundraising pictures from eBay! eBay’s Giving Works offers to refund eBay listing fees in the same proportion as the amount of the final sale that is donated to the chosen charity. In […]
Continue readingI have been struggling with the harmonica, and feel that my progress has been rather slow, but just the other day found a posting on the forum offering some support and encouragement from regular forum contributor “tacobet”. He suggests that old favourite “On Top Of Old Smokey” would be a suitable one to learn as […]
Continue readingGoal #89 has been a long time in the making, going back more than a year, when Mel in Perth bought herself a unicycle, and I had a few goes at trying to ride it during the months I spent there after my first 7 months of travel. In December last year, when it became […]
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On Wednesday evening, as soon as Val got back from work we headed out to The Incline again. I have set myself a personal challenge of beating 40 minutes before I leave Colorado. Feeling good, we started our climb at around 5.30pm, and both did very well. Val almost made it in less than 30 […]
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The end of my journey is now less than three weeks away, and to be quite honest, I am really looking forward to this all coming to an end, and taking a bit of a break. But in the meantime, here is my final push at fundraising. This whole journey started on eBay two years […]
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The unicycling is progressing nicely! On my return to Colorado Srings on Sunday afternoon I managed to ride what must have been more than 100 yards, plus starting to get to grips with turning left and right, almost managing a full figure-of-8 at one point. I think this one is almost in the bag! Other […]
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Tim was one of the three guys who kept me company on all of the “7 Peaks in 7 Days” last year, and had asked if I wanted to come and walk a section of the Colorado Trail with him. He was helping out a friend, Cliff, who is trying to do the whole trail […]
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The goals that I am currently working on all require some form of daily input, and I have always struggled with routine and to some extent, self-discipline. I always find it easier to tinker around with something inconsequential on the computer than get up and head for the gym, for example. So for the next […]
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How come I didn’t know about this? It would appear that I missed out on saying hello to a group of fellow Aussies also raising funds for Bowel Cancer Australia (update 2019 – website no longer exists). I was checking out my link on their website here, and was pleased to find that I have […]
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I am settling in nicely to the spare room at Val and Brenda’s house, and am trying to develop some sort of routine that involves some excercise (for the six-pack abs), some harmonica playing, and hopefully when we collect them, some unicycling too. I am also wanting to get on with writing the book, and […]
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Moe and I picked up a car in Miami at 10pm, and drove through the night across Florida, taking turns to catch a bit of sleep. I dropped Moe off at Tampa airport at around 4.30am, and we said our sad goodbyes. In Tampa I found somewhere to park behind a big store, and fell […]
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On our last full day in Quepos, Moe and I were keen to go out on the horses again, and John and Jelene were kind enough to take us back to Finca Tranquila, despite not wanting to come riding a for third time. Raoul had our usual two horses ready, andpromising not to be too […]
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