London to Auckland

Flat out today so this will be short and sweet. We spent the day getting jobs done and doing interviews. Travis and I trained into London for the live TVNZ Breakfast Show interview. Interesting but disconcerting as we couldn’t see Paul Henry. We were sitting in a darkened room facing a camera with two big [...]

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If you happened to be following us yesterday on the tracker you will have noticed that the tracker was playing up. It showed us launching at South End at 5.30am and then riding out a few km and then stopping for some 5-6 hours. If you were astute and knew about the massive sand banks [...]

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Today The Ultimate Ride team has proven that should they go bust as ‘cross the world adventurers, they would have a promising future in the trailer modification business. As Jeremy mentioned in his last blog, our friends from Becton’s Trailers refused to travel a short distance to come and fix our un-roadworthy trailer. In New [...]

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You might think its easy eating an English breakfast but I can tell you from experience that it’s not. It’s a complex task. “Please explain” I hear you asking in a well meaning but slightly sarcastic tone. Well it’s because of all the emotions that are involved and I tend to get emotional about food. [...]

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Update 25/7 by Travis Well here we find ourselves out in Rochford, UK, after a few days soaking up as much of London as we could. Jeremy arrived yesterday to bail us out and put us to pasture at base camp- The Cherry Tree Pub (and accommodation). On arrival we quickly turned straight back around [...]

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I’m typing this on a Panasonic Toughbook from my hotel in Los Angeles and thanks to Panasonic coming on board ‘just before the haka’, we will get to see over the next 4 months just how appropriately named these things are. Panasonic Toughbook from London to Auckland by PWC sounds impressive. Panasonic have also lent [...]

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Less than a month to go now folks and its all happening. We are working furiously to tie up all the loose ends, finalize sponsorship details and complete logistical work. I have come to the conclusion that there are not enough minutes left for me to achieve all I need to. For example, I have [...]

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