Day 882 19th December 2018 Tana Ratah A day of rest. I got up at 8 for a good brekkie of roti, donuts and coffee. I went for a walk to the Parit waterfall through the forest along by the river and then onto KHM for strawberry tea with scones, cream and jam. Back in … [Read more…]
Day 881 18th December 2018 37 mainly uphill miles (Tapah to Tana Ratah) Average speed 8mph I was awake at 6 and up at 6.30. I had black coffee and two cream croissants and left at 7.45.Lucas was still in bed due to a lorry parked outside our room keeping him awake at 4 … [Read more…]
Day 880 17th December 2018 45 miles (Tanjung Malim to Tapah) Average speed 12.4 mph Top speed 27 mph We were up at 9 and had brekkie of coffee and two egg roti, but on our way to the restaurant we noticed that Lucas’s rear wheel was flat. So we fixed the puncture after some … [Read more…]
Day 879 16th December 3018 48 miles (Desa City Park to Tanjung Malim) Average speed 12.2.mph Top speed 40 mph Up at 7 with Leo and Simon. Quite a good day’s cycling until I lost my chain somewhere Thankfully a friendly chap with a pick up truck was on hand to deliver me and my … [Read more…]
Day 878 15th December 2018 9 miles (Klang to Desa City Park) Average speed 8.1 mph Top speed 25 mph A quiet day Simon, Isabelle and Leo.
Day 877 14th December 2018 34 miles (Klang to Desa City Park) Average speed 10.7 mph Top speed 32 mph I was up at 7.30, showered and we left at 9.45. Yongjie rode with us to a breakfast stop at an Indian restaurant where I had three roti, one was a tissue which … [Read more…]
Day 876 13th December 2018 Klang / Kuala Lumpur Day off bike. We got up at 8 and went for Chinese veggie brekkie and then Yongjie took us to the station where we took train to Petronas Towers and then on to Batu Caves. I was not overly impressed by the artwork on show … [Read more…]
Day 875 12th December 2018 26 miles (Banting to Klang) Average speed 12.3 mph Top speed 71 (?) (Ermintrude : Brian didn’t make any notes about today but did write the following on Facebook. I think he’s enjoying himself! ) After ten days in Malaysia I can confirm that this is a great … [Read more…]
Day 874 11th December 2018 46 miles (Port Dixon to Banting) Average speed 12.1 mph Top speed 31 mph We got up at 9 with rain falling, so we had brekkie in the room of coffee and cakes, one of which the nice lady gave us yesterday in the shop. We left at 10.45 and … [Read more…]
Day 873 10th December 2018 66 miles (Melaka to Port Dixon ) Average speed 9.8 mph Top speed 14 mph We were up at 7 and had brekkie of eggs, chips and beans with some fried rice too and coffee. We left at 8.30 and made our way to Sungai Baru, but not without taking … [Read more…]