Woke up this morning to the realisation that there are 9 weeks (63 days) to go until we take off for Ho Chin Minh City to begin the bike rid of our lives!
Tony came over to my place just after midday and we rode over to his place at Toongabbie - not a huge ride (about 15 kilometres by the time we'd doubled back to Blackman's bike shop to investigate a wobbly back wheel and get the spoke cones tightened) but one done in the middle of the day (top temp about 30 degrees centigrade) and getting used to the conditions we'll cycle in when we get to Vietnam.
A good ride was had, and I have to confess it was more enjoyable than any other physical or emotional feeling (although the achilles twinged at the end and I've been ice packing since I got home).
More importantly, I got home to three fabulous emails, being donations to the Northcott cause: a $50 donation from Ian Pryer, who regularly works magic with my travel itineraries at Goldman Travel; Margaret Vickers, who I used to work with at the University of Western Sydney, sent me $100, and my good friend in China (and anywhere else in the world for that matter), Brendon Chen blew me away with a $1,000 donation!
Knowing I've got such great support will certainly keep me motivated over the next nine weeks and beyond, for sure.
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