Here we go again.

When I left UK the weather had been good for the 10 days I was in Oxford.

I packed minimal stuff, only enough for my up and coming trip from Skyros to Saville.  2 pairs of cycle shorts 2 pairs of knickers and one of e everything else. I do have lots of clothes already here.

I changed the tyres on the Open, then remembered I had taken my track pump and Airshot back to UK.  Here’s hoping my friend Vagios who owns a motorbike shop has a generator to pump up the tyres.  I’m using the Stayer Adventure wheels with Tune acid green hubs. They are a spectacular set of wheels and I’m real excited to be riding on them.

I also took all my tools back to UK so I’m in search for a cassette removal tools.

Tyres sorted I went for a ride.

The next day I packed the bike up about ¾ of what it will be.

Luckily when i left here a year ago the house was well closed off so very little work to do there. But there is so much work to do in the garden. It’s hard to split my time into garden upkeep and cycle trip setup.

It’s all very well cutting trees/bushes etc but there is nowhere to put the debris. I have organised a guy to come and strim the garden on Wednesday but till then I still cannot get to the bottom of the garden.

This is my Garmin Inreach Messenger I was hoping to have this setup by now but here on Skyros I do not seem to be recieving any texts, which seems to be tge only way to activate it. (And many other things, so I’m stumped with them as well). Hopefully when setup there is a website (maybe a page on this site) with a dot every 10 mins of my travels.

I will be riding my Open Up, Stayer Adventure wheels with Tune hubs. GRX Di2. Rotor 46/30 power2max NG crank 11-34 cassette.

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Poc helmet/Shimano gloves, Noho socks, PEdALED Odyssey bibshorts, PEdALED Odyssey Jersey.

Zpacks Duplex tent/pegs, Eyemask, Boardshorts, Albion UL insulated jacket, Albion bibshorts.

Bedrock Sandals,  Quoc Socks, Arcteryx long sleeve top, Icebreaker longjohns, Cumulus Plancklite puffa jacket

Drybag Osprey UL rucksack,  Gore Shakedry,  Rohan check shirt, PEdALED shorts, Bam knickers X 2.

Thermarest Zlite.

3 Dyneema drybags, Silk sleepingbag liner, silk pillowcase, Cumulus quilt.

Revelate front bag, First aid bag, Di2 bag, Electronics bag.