Mark Beaumont's Diary
Despite adding about 2kg to his overall kit weight, Mark carried a laptop, GPS tracker, three cameras and a voice recorder to help him document his journey.
He sent us text messages and phoned from the road and whenever he passed through civilisation, he popped into internet caf茅s to email pictures and videos.
First news from the road!
Mark Beaumont, Thursday, 09 August 2007.
We just got a text in from Mark (who's currently just outside Germany):
Soaked yesterday and 3 punctures in 24hrs didn't help progress. 80 miles per day is ok for 1st week. Can pick up later. Glad I am now away. Kit all good. Not much filming yet. Will get thru Holland and in2 Germany 2mor. Will send blog soon. M.
Comments
Wishing you all the best. Will be following you all the way with great interest.posted by Trudy Stearn (Dads cousin) from Oundle.Peterborough. Cambs
Spoke to Ann& George in Stares yesterday and they are following your progress with great interest Gposted by ian_beaumont@lineone.net from Honington
Wishing you all the best, we will be following your progress constantly. Mum still thinks you're nuts but we are all very proud of you! we have full confidence that the trip will be a huge success. keep pedalling around! charlieposted by Charles Collier ( and the rest of the family) from Stonesfield, oxfordshire
Heard about you in the news and then met your sister in a handy outdoor shop... A mad adventure! Admire your guts and determination! Would be interested to know if the sports scientists have an idea of the "mileage limit" for the human body. What is the optimal balance between exercise and long term damage? This is meant to be encouraging, but its useful to think longer term too, about how to ensure that you can still be active when older! Happy cycling!posted by Leonard Esakowitz from Glasgow
