tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125377846799056778.post1507948784897311009..comments2023-10-02T14:45:54.810+01:00Comments on The Original PurpleTraveller....: WHY DO I DO THIS?TrevorW�� http://www.blogger.com/profile/13212954091289189979noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125377846799056778.post-22088274675140262072010-12-12T20:00:52.245+00:002010-12-12T20:00:52.245+00:00Exactly! Well said!Exactly! Well said!lynnefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150859903856738614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125377846799056778.post-85781802747649702522010-11-26T13:35:52.599+00:002010-11-26T13:35:52.599+00:00Good Day to you,I just popped over from my Blog. T...Good Day to you,I just popped over from my Blog. The question of why do I Cycle I dont know,I have always Cycled since I was three Years Old. First on a little Three Wheeler, then my Sisters big Three Wheeler since she had lost all interest in Cycling.<br /><br />This was when I was only three, I would go off for Miles and they my Parents would send out a Possee to try and find me. I got fed up going on the Path so I went on the Road instead. This was way back in the early 1950 ties so no Porte le Casque/ wearing the Helmet. There are not many People in these Islands now who would let their Child go off on their own at three and without the Dreaded Plastic Hat.<br /><br />I still Ride Bicycles after all those Years. I had a Brief Sojourn with a Car for about 4 Years in 1985 -89 but still Rode Bikes. The Car was costing me to much and I just did not need it as I lived in the Centre of Dublin City and the Parking Metres were beginning to make their prescence felt so I got rid of it.<br /><br />I am still Cycling but why,I suppose it is a way of Life my Life. It is just too Ingrained in me to think otherwise.l' homme au velohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964877237998191937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125377846799056778.post-86882988880950194572010-11-25T07:47:34.067+00:002010-11-25T07:47:34.067+00:00In the cold air doing hard work all the other pain...In the cold air doing hard work all the other pains go away unless they are serious. That´s the good point but my cycling is so sporadic these days that I don´t know really.cloudbusting2https://www.blogger.com/profile/17242314054095363825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125377846799056778.post-61555838154394587812010-11-25T04:24:49.839+00:002010-11-25T04:24:49.839+00:00I don't know the answer to the question, but I...I don't know the answer to the question, but I say being active is the way to be.<br /><br />110 miles as a lad, eh? Wow --- good for you!<br /><br />Peace :)GreenComotionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272116464292908327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125377846799056778.post-21262309803346851662010-11-24T22:56:05.542+00:002010-11-24T22:56:05.542+00:00MARK*
Yes I certainly think that a major factor in...MARK*<br />Yes I certainly think that a major factor in long distance and endurance activities is (in the final analysis) connected with the mind.<br /><br />I will get hold of a copy of the book. Thanks for the recommendation.TrevorW�� https://www.blogger.com/profile/13212954091289189979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125377846799056778.post-57273644213759292942010-11-24T19:49:48.418+00:002010-11-24T19:49:48.418+00:00There is a side to long distance and endurance eve...There is a side to long distance and endurance events that is hard to describe - it is about spirit and endurance in a different sense to the physical. Cycling can be full of fellowship and banter but the best rides have a deeper dimension and you achieve that only by pushing yourself. Mike Cudahey wrote superb book about running the Pennine Way in 3 days (!) called Wide Trails to Far Horizons - you would enjoy it (available on ABE books)The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125377846799056778.post-19493992487904228982010-11-24T11:10:47.178+00:002010-11-24T11:10:47.178+00:00ADRIAN*
My other half is always telling me that I ...ADRIAN*<br />My other half is always telling me that I haven't grown up, but at my age now I don't think it will ever happen!<br /><br />BIG OAK*<br />Glad I'm not the only one.<br /><br />ALAN*<br />In short: Marriage split-left job-walked solo from Punta Arenas nr southern tip of Chile to Paita in Peru just short of Ecuador. (I'd had enough by then). Took just over a year out.If we meet up at a BPC AGM will tell you more. <br /><br />STEVE*<br />I agree- It's a big shame that a lot of youngsters today miss out on all of that.<br /><br />LIMOM*<br />It's true- all experience is good experience in my book. Life is for living. Thinking about things is fine as long as you do what you think about.TrevorW�� https://www.blogger.com/profile/13212954091289189979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125377846799056778.post-18054279320035019562010-11-24T08:25:33.372+00:002010-11-24T08:25:33.372+00:00Your post made me think of fishing in the rain.
Se...Your post made me think of fishing in the rain.<br />Seriously, why?<br />Even more seriously, why not?limomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15392808188162372410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125377846799056778.post-89962599536296933972010-11-24T01:31:54.684+00:002010-11-24T01:31:54.684+00:00Ours was the last generation to be allowed to do s...Ours was the last generation to be allowed to do such things, and we're all better for it.<br /><br />[prove]Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125377846799056778.post-62951963893196369232010-11-23T23:41:07.920+00:002010-11-23T23:41:07.920+00:00"... to walk the length of South America....&...<i>"... to walk the length of South America...."</i><br /><br />What??? Tell us more! Fascinated!Alan Slomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125377846799056778.post-64812923506894304492010-11-23T22:47:53.701+00:002010-11-23T22:47:53.701+00:00Trevor, you described pretty well my feelings towa...Trevor, you described pretty well my feelings toward cycling. Perhaps it is genetic, the desire to push a little farther, to see what's over the next hill.<br /><br />I don't think there are too many of us out there.Big Oakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06713190395281794960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125377846799056778.post-57189477731924150842010-11-23T19:58:06.197+00:002010-11-23T19:58:06.197+00:00Because you are still a kid at heart. I used to fe...Because you are still a kid at heart. I used to fell run but now do a few miles at a time and enjoy the scenery.<br />Wish I were still like you.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.com