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[richard uridge]
Poetry, bikes, dementia...
[richard uridge]
Poetry, bikes, dementia...
Rich Uridge
Training company boss by day. Poet and a whole heap of other things by night. Plus the son of a mother who was killed in a care home while living with dementia.
ABB Day 14 – Elk City to Chickasha
One of our riders, Ray Rickard from Carson City, Nevada, died last night in his sleep. From a heart attack we suspect. Peacefully we hope. And after a day of happy cycling we know (because he told us). What can…
Day 13 – Pampa, Texas to Elk City, Oklahoma (cue the music)
Day 14 >>>>
Day 12 – Dalhart to Pampa
I’ll get the light and fluffy stuff out of the way first. That’s light and fluffy as in cream-covered sponge cake. Chatting on the open road, as you do, the good people at America by Bike learned that Rose was…
Roadside palette
Day 11 – Tucamcari, New Mexico to Dalhart, Texas
Not many pics today because today was mostly about wind. An energy sapping headwind. A wind of about 30mph. A wind gusting to nearly twice that. A wind full of red Texas dust. A wind that told your legs you’d…
Day 10 – Las Vegas to Tucumcari
Day 11 >>>>
Day 9 – Albuquerque to Las Vegas (no not that one)!
Another day curtailed by dangerously strong cross winds that threatened to dump us on the black top at any moment. Managed to ride 114 miles before Mike Munk (tour leader) called a halt. One of the two Kiwi riders, Symon,…
Day 7 – Gallup to Albuquerque (almost)!
A funny kind of feeling on arrival here in Albuquerque. Elation that the first seven days of riding are behind us and that the first rest day is ahead of us. Sadness that we were unable to ride the whole…
Day 6 – Winslow, Arizona to Gallup, New Mexico
Day 7 >>>>