Geting closer

Yes Dear Reader we are now in DC.  If you live in America you'll know its hot, hot, hot just now.  For the residents of DC that'll be around the 100 degree mark in old money, for the  Europeans that's nudging 40 degrees Celsius.

So the Blog moves forward, Much to say and post but I will add more posts as tomorrow and the next day.

The journey has been quite remarkable, we are finishing with mixed emotions, the finish feels very good.   An amazing achievement for the  bikers, in fact lets have few numbers:

Miles Covered 4,412 miles

Wheel revolutions 3.1 million per wheel

Punctures 9

Hours 'in the saddle' 301

Average speed 14.5 mph

Days cycling 61 days

Average daily ride  71.7 miles and 4.9 hours

The RV used 808 US Gallons and did 8.6 MPG  UK Numbers   672 UK gallons and 10.3 MPG 


Bowls of Oats (Porridge) made  280

Up Close and personal  with the police   5 times

Rain days 12

Snow days 2

Highest pass 6550 ft

So today we  can see Tom's beard coming off.  and the run further into Virginia

Our overnight stop, this is the caravan that houses the woman that keeps the dog that attacked my shoe that housed my foot.  Little s**t.

and off heading toward Smithfield and then to Williamsburg

Dear Reader, you see here the close relationship that has developed between the iPhones and Alvon and Tom.

Smithfield, early morning.  Another American very happy to have his portrait taken.  The American people in general love to have their picture taken, and why not?

Later in the day we get to Williamsburg and have our naming ceremony in the company of Fire Fighters and police.

We stayed near here overnight and had the everlasting problems of of WiFi took us to MacDonald's to get hooked up. Not good enough for Blogging but good enough to take photos.

One of the stats we didn't have is how long was Tom's beard before it was shaved off, sadly the world will now never know but here is the proof  that it's gone.