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Anatomy Down Under

I’m writing this 10 hours ahead in Townsville, where it’s 38oC and very humid. Townsville is in Northern Queensland in Australia and officially in the dry tropics. I’m attending as Keynote speaker at the joint meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists and Australasian Society for…

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NC 500 Day 9 - the End of the Road

A great evening out last night to celebrate how well everyone has done on this trip, surprised we were sophisticated on Prosecco! We had a staggered start this morning, aiming to arrive at Inverness Castle around midday. The route was much nicer than I was expecting, once we climbed above…

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NC 500 Day 8

 

First up, what great support from our team on the ride; Rona and Christine have driven the support vehicles to cope with forgotten kit, sudden purchases, distribution of sweeties and getting luggage to all the right hotels - brilliant work. Rob who did the lion’s share of the organising,…

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NC 500 Day 7

When we wondered back to the hotel last night, the roads were full of police and their helicopter was flying over. We guessed that Harry and his new wife were coming for a secret honeymoon, but it turned out to be atomic waste movements.

Gathering after breakfast, bikes were…

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NC 500 Day 6

More from the Yorkshire Correspondent

Clear blue skies from dawn visible from the pods this morning and a forecast of 21 degrees, light winds, later moderating. Well at least some of that was correct. 

After a hearty Scottish fry-up, we were packed and off up the first steady climb. This…

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NC500 Day Four

More From the Yorkshire Correspondent

It may have only been instant porridge in a pot, but eating it on the verandah looking out across the bay was a pretty good start to the day. The weatherman said set fair, and it certainly was, clear, sunny, just a little wind and…

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Wet Wet Wet - Day 3 of the NC500 Challenge

More from your Yorkshire correspondent....

We woke to the expected rain, which looked heavy and persistent. We dressed accordingly, waited for the teams who’d stopped sooner yesterday to come along, and off we set. It was immediately apparent that it was very cold, probably 8 degrees without the wind chill.…

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NC 500 Day Two

From your Yorkshire correspondent...

Early start today as we hoped to get up and over the first big climb ahead of the traffic, as the road is narrow and tortuous. The staff at the hotel had produced an early breakfast for us, and at least one rider with a stronger…

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NC 500 Day One

From your correspondent; the Yorkshireman in the pack

After months of planning and hard work by the admin team, we all gathered at Inverness Castle under blue skies and sunshine, ready to make a start on our 9 day odyssey. Mark Beaumont,  the Round-the-World cyclist, was joining us for the…

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