zippy's photoblog

Londoner / Fartist / Sudo poet / I.T Tryer / Coffee Lover / Overweight / Father / Jo's better half / Great Dancer / Dodge 50 owner / True Jah lover!

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#Beerandcarols this Sunday. (at The Beehive)

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#christmastree (at Tottenham)

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I prefer #Maidenhead (at Harringay)

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This time last week @al_coates were #cycling to York. #retford2goathland #bigben2nakedlady (at South Yorkshire)

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#easyrider #bicycles #cycle #cyclingwithstyle #dress #pokerdots #cyclepower (at St Osyth, Essex)

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#bigben2nakedlady #leftovers three bars left. I should have been sponsored by #snickers (at Land Of Coates)

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#bigben2nakedlady day 4 - started off with a sit down on a #compostloo @larosawhitby in #goathland looking over the #yorkshiremoors which are beautiful to see but evil to cycle over. My prayers were answered in the morning as @al_coates back wheel had a snapped spoke so we got a lift to the bottom of the #yorkshiremoors (20 miles of relentless hills not had to endure again) and started our day in subway a measly 67 miles from our destination. The morning ride was our worst rain and when we did the 23 miles to Darlington whilst @al_coates had to fix my gears and he had the puncture this time we arrived at Diane and daves not being able to feel our fingers with cold and fully drenched. Diane and Dave have use vegetable soup, bread and prayer and after a long lunch break we head the 44 miles up to #northumberlandia otherwise know as #thenakedlady - soup, rest and prayer made those last 45 miles enjoyable and there was no more wind or rain for the rest of our journey. Jon done and I feel like a superhero. #godblesschildren who prayers in our pedals go out to. #godbless the people on our journey we bumped into. My legs hurt but for some reason I have put my name down to play football tonight. Day 1 - 108 miles. Day 2 - 100 miles. Day 3 - 98 miles (with evil hills) Day 4 - 68 miles /// so that's 376 miles done for #bigben2nakedlady 2015. 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 (at Northumberlandia)

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Day 3 of #bigben2nakedlady OWWWWW!!!! The hill of Yorkshire hurt! At a lovely house now in pain. @al_coates got bike spoke wheels problems again. After that had a lovely bath. Had a good veggy burger lunch. #freecalories and now chatting to lovely people. #zzzzzzz (at La Rosa Campsite)

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Day 3 of #bigben2nakedlady OWWWWW!!!! The hill of Yorkshire hurt! At a lovely house now in pain. @al_coates got bike spoke wheels problems again. After that had a lovely bath. Had a good veggy burger lunch. #freecalories and now chatting to lovely people. #zzzzzzz (at La Rosa Campsite)

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#bigben2nakedlady day 2 | 100 miles or something (map my ride gone funny). Hard headwind terrain pain day through Lincolnshire but arrived safely in the dark to a hot bath and warm dinner. Photos are pigs in Lincoln | selfie in Woodall disused station | @al_coates panniers | great Boston double espresso (at Woodhall Junction railway station)

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Day 1 of #bigben2nakedlady @al_coates collecting soul from Big Ben. Lunch in Cambridge which was covered in #bicycles and finished with a pint of #wherry 108 miles later. As @currieg says "pain relief!" Funny enough I'm looking forward to day 2. Wisbech, Cambridge to Retford. A measly 96 miles tomorrow but colder. Thanks for prayers and messages. God bless the children. X (at The Sportsman)

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Make a #bauble for #school #christmas #papermache #idealic (at Tottenham)

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Now checking bag weight. Think @al_coates will have the forgotten stuff in his #paniers - #bigben2nakedlady #gloves #shouldhavegotpaniers #strongback (at Tottenham)

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Getting everything together for #bigben2nakedlady the important thing is everything. #doesitfitinmybag #snickers #painkillers #innertubes #hopealhasthat #overshoes #cycling #forgottenit #toothbrush (at Tottenham)

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Roses are led... (at Edmonton, London)

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Day out with the rocking chair being delivered to @cycleboo and damian. #chairrocks #publictransport #hawkes2leslies #eshernotepsom (at Vauxhall station)

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#spd me up baby #bigben2nakedlady (at Tottenham)