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Hello, this is Paul calling in from Lima. For those from the UK, it's "lye"-ma not "lee"-ma so there's no Paddington Bear here.
For Molly, yes I'll be home before your next wobbly tooth falls out so mummy doesn't have to deal with it; for Benjy, yes of course I'll play football but you'd better watch out as I'll be pretty good when I get back; and for Thomas and Freddie, yes those troublesome trucks were mighty troublesome [referring to the occasion on day 3 or 4 where he and his fellow cyclist had to carry their bikes over a train that was blocking the trail], I nearly had to call the Fat Controller (the ones near Corbin that is).
And for everybody else who has left me messages and e-mails, thanks very much. It's a real source of encouragement and motivation and I'm sorry I haven't managed to reply individually as I've only had a chance to check up on things for the first time today but it's really appreciated and it does actually help as I'm riding along, or not riding along in the mud as we have been, to think that people are taking the time to watch and so once again thanks very much.
Just to recap, yesterday was ....well, you know....we covered a good distance but it was such gruelling work coming over the pass into Lima...the mud was really atrocious. You just had to push your bike and then the wheels would lock up and then you couldn't even push it so you had to clean it and then you had to go on again etc...repeat several dozen times over the top...and then a descent that was almost as hard work as going up the other side....oh, and a bit of Scottish weather thrown in - maybe 40 degrees and lashing rain for a good couple of hours on the descent just to sweeten it up. Read more »
