Above, triumphant proof that Roger (or his bike, at least) has indeed reached Rome and has not, as one wag suggested, been hiding in the garden shed for a month. And on the left, Etruscan tombs at Sori on Albert's route this morning. He's now staying with the SpanglyPrincess, or would be, were she not in England at the moment, so in practice he's staying with her flatmates who may well think him quite mad.
His passport, after a lot of faffing with the web sites of large and well-known international delivery companies (and the Royal Mail's site, which offered to deliver it amazingly cheaply in 48 hours to 28 countries none of which was Italy) which told me my postcode didn't exist, or that they couldn't even collect it until Monday, finally caught this evening's flight from East Midlands airport. So a big thank you to the incredibly helpful staff at Easypost UK, who did just what it says on the tin, charged me less than the other companies wanted for a slower service, and will be delivering the passport to Roger in Rome on Monday.
And congratulations, that Herring, on your achievement, despite snow, persistently evil winds and a disintegrating rear wheel. Pats and I are dead proud of you.
6 comments:
Lovely pics!
And well done on the passport lark too.
Glad you have wherewithal to return. It would be dull without you. Keep woolly hat on though!
fishwife
Congrats on successful completion of your journey, Roger. Goes to prove all that training business is vastly overrated!
- Nick
hahaha, Nick.
Looking forward to seeing you next weekend.
Well done! Thanks for sharing the inspiration and the trip. Probably the first time that busted spokes on the Ponte Sisto could be called a mark of success. How did the fund raising go?
Kevin
Fund raising (just over £1400 so far) will be going on for a bit yet, not least because the local free newspaper is going to do a feature for their August edition, so I'm hoping that a few local people will chip in.
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