sore upper arms

Estepola, Spain

dear dad,

three things id like to thank you for:

1. enjoying the small things in life like coffee on the side of the road.
2. how important the sea is in order to maintain ones sanity.
3. allowing myself to enjoy getting up early in order to get on with the day.


three things i wouldn´t like to thank you for:

1. an obsession with saving money whilst travelling.
2. an obsession with worrying about everything.
3. an obsession with how safe my passport is.

it takes someone else to point these things out to you by the way: )

First day on the bikes was great. like i say sore upper arms. got kitted out in gibraltar yesterday and it was fun for the first three hours this morning- until we had to ride on the motorway. tom- it is NOT fun when a large truck comes by, and the slipstream does NOT pull you along and make you pedal less hard. instead it causes you to feel like you are standing blindfolded in a train tunnel with the train coming at you straight on and missing you only by inches.

other than that sea and sand and horrible holiday homes. tomorrow we head for the mountains.

rx