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Paul Berney
- Jun 7, 2022
- 1 min
More Results from The 48
The winning distance was measured as the crow flies rather than just kilometres covered
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Paul Berney
- Jun 6, 2022
- 2 min
Results from The 48
For people who love to scrutinise the details in the results, they are set out below David covered the greatest distance, spent the most...
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Paul Berney
- Jan 16, 2022
- 2 min
The 48 Hour Challenge Rules
So, you fancy a crack at the 48-hour challenge, do you? Well the rules, such as they are, are set out below. Once you have decided you...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 27, 2021
- 1 min
Riding the Long Way Home by the numbers
Distance 1,402km Elevation 14,376m Time 70 hours Speed Average 20kph Weight of fully laden bike 19kg...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 26, 2021
- 3 min
Day 13 - I have ridden the Long Way Home
It’s inevitable that at the end of a ride like this that I would have mixed emotions. I am happy to have finished, there’s definitely a...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 25, 2021
- 6 min
Day 12 - the end is in sight
I started day 12 of my ride sitting in the sun in the market square in Salisbury sipping coffee and watching the world go by. This is a...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 24, 2021
- 4 min
Day 11 - sunshine and smiles all round
I've got just two days and roughly 200km to go. 11 days have flown past. Well, 9 days have. The first two were tortuous and each one...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 23, 2021
- 4 min
Day 10 - a day to remember
Today is always going to stick in my mind for one reason only: it was the day I rode a bike with my Dad for the first and probably only...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 22, 2021
- 4 min
Day 9 - back to the hard stuff
Well that was a proper Riding the Long Way Home day. It was physically tough enough to leave me knackered and mentally tough enough to...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 21, 2021
- 3 min
Day 8 - Easy Does it
Throughout this trip I've been staying in a combination of Premier Inn hotels, Airbnb's and with some friends. Last nights Airbnb,...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 20, 2021
- 2 min
Day 7 - an easy day in the sunshine
I'm going to call today a transition day. It was another highly enjoyable mix of solo and duo riding starting in Northampton and...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 19, 2021
- 3 min
Day 6 - up Ventoux*
Today was a game of two halves: a morning spent with a new friend and the first solo kilometres of the trip this afternoon. First things...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 18, 2021
- 4 min
Day 5 - my cycling legs have arrived
My day 5 legs have arrived exactly on schedule. It's like I ordered them on Amazon Prime yesterday, got them out of the box and put them...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 17, 2021
- 3 min
RTLWH Day 4 - Ooh that's Flash
What the cycling God's can give with one hand they can take away with the other. After yesterday's excellent recovery ride, today was a...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 16, 2021
- 3 min
RTLWH Day 3 - it's all about recovery
I'm not sure how many readers of this blog are familiar with the concept of there being different types of fun, but it goes something...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 15, 2021
- 3 min
RTLWH - Day 2. The road to Wigan's here
I think there is a special sense of accomplishment when you complete something you were convinced that you couldn't do. By lunchtime...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 14, 2021
- 5 min
RTLWH 4 - Day 1. I am not a goat.
For each of my previous Long Way Home rides the first hour or so has been super stressful, making my way out of Milan, Hamburg and...
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Paul Berney
- Aug 1, 2021
- 5 min
The upside of failure
For quite a few weeks I have been trying to feel as excited about this year’s year Long Way Home ride as the previous ones, but I’ve failed.
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Paul Berney
- Jan 6, 2021
- 4 min
Locked down, not knocked out
I have always preferred to take my longest holiday of the year over Christmas and over the past 20 years have only twice taken more than...
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Paul Berney
- Dec 28, 2020
- 3 min
Don't give up the day job
It's amazing how little public approval it takes for a person (me) to start daydreaming about a different life. I mean I have been...
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