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I was thinking plaster, but you’re probably right about it being clay. Brick and lath look like the primary traditional materials here.
2 years agoThanks for the reminder, but I’m pretty careful about that now and have started carrying electrolyte tablets. I don’t think that was much of an issue today though because it wasn’t long, hot or even particularly hard. I just forgot my meds, which pretty much is guaranteed to get a reaction.
2 years agoI'm assuming you take electrolyte/rehydration tablets on long hot days, Scott. It's not simply water a person needs while riding. I finally learned that a person can drink gallons of water and still get heat stroke. It's the other stuff you need with the water. But you already know this.
2 years agoI think how cool it would be to have a long time lapse video of this. But I know - The Scorn of The Whip always looms in the back of one's mind.
2 years agoDefinitely!
2 years agoDo you suppose there was clay on the outside as well and it has all sloughed off?
I am amazed that things can be distinctly different after a few miles and definitely after a few hundred miles, anywhere in the world! I've even been surprised by this in the States where it's easy to think everything is mostly the same.
That's it.
2 years agoI was amused to read that card game scores and word games are to be found amongst the other materials.
This was a fascinating and very well-written entry. Kudos!
Thanks, Patrick. I was really pleased to recapture something of an important piece of my past, obviously.
2 years agoYou’re right that they were very popular at the time, but I’m pretty sure we didn’t do it.
2 years agoVery interesting! Maybe you did rent a scooter (generally called a moped when I rented them, once in 1981 for a trip to Grasse from Nice and once in 1986 in Thailand). It seemed to me that everybody did it. You started the thing going by pedalling and then controlled speed with a twist throttle. It’s something I’d be terrified to do now. I’d rather ride my bike.
2 years agoBeautiful piece of writing, Scott!
2 years agoYou make a good point. Thanks for the correction!
2 years agoThis is a remarkable entry. Bruce has dozens of daily expense journals similar to this and they really help him remember certain times in his life, where he went, what he did.
It's so cool that you've been given a chance to let some of those long-forgotten memories roll back in again.
Do you think my bike would fit? I love the photos and the country riding - that would be my style.
2 years ago