This is the first of a series of short
posts, the intention is to do one a day in the week before the 24hr World
Championship on how the final preparations are going. There may be a delay in
actually putting them up here as I don’t know how easily I’ll be able to find
internet connections while I’m travelling. I'm flying Sydney, changing in Hong Kong, and then hiring a camper van and driving down to the racetrack at Mt Stromlo near Canberra.
Saturday October 5th was spent
doing some last minute packing and then driving down to Heathrow. The journey
was surprisingly easy, the M25 was unusually clear. Anyone who has ever flown
with a bike will know how much of a pain
it is, I had found a way of getting two to this race but it wasn’t easier. I
was right on the weight limit too, and that’s with two pretty light XC bikes, I
have no idea how the DH riders manage to travel. (Mt Zoom; Helping you just
keep under airline baggage limits since 2006)
 |
| That's a lot of stuff to get through the airline baggage system... |
Checking in had been a doddle and the
flight left on time. I’m not a fan of big aeroplanes though, especially taking
off and landing in them. I feel uncomfortable in any aircraft which has the
door shut, or indeed ones which have a door to shut, and they won’t let you
peer over the pilot’s shoulder to see what’s going on. As I’m sure the poor
girl sat next to me can testify I talk too much when nervous. I was fine once
we were up though and I managed to get a bit of sleep.
 |
| 3 flights to Hong Kong, 2 to Sydney |
No comments:
Post a Comment