An opportunity has arisen that can test my will and determination to cycle a really, really long way for a beer. It is in the form of a house party. This weekend Catriona's brother Kevin (the guy whose singing I have to listen to for 3 solid hours on my MP3 player) is having a belated birthday bash. He lives on the west side of Glasgow and I on the east side of Edinburgh, so with that in mind, and the fact there will be lots of beer at the end of the trip, oh, and the possibility of karaoke, I have decided to cycle there.
There have been many factors involved in bringing this decision together. The first and most obvious is that I'll be cycling approximately 14 times the distance from here to Glasgow and I'm only just beginning to think I should start to plan for it; the second is that a number of people have asked if I've cycled a long way before, to which my answer is always no; the third, which can also be counted as factor 2.1, is that I've planned a long ride on a number of occasions only to be thwarted by social engagements. I'm not going to let that happen again; the last one is really the one I like the most. When I thought about cycling to Glasgow for a house party I really liked the symmetry of the plan alongside my Paris trip. It's nice to be able to train for a ridiculously long bike ride for a beer with an unusually long bike ride for a beer.
Below you will find a map of the route I plan to take. If you feel compelled to you can wave me on along the way, pledge some money towards the bigger event or tell someone about what I'm doing and why (why is usually 'because he's an idiot') or of course you can do absolutely nothing the prerogative (thank you for the spelling help Miss Rasdale) is entirely yours.
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