A million thoughts

Time is ticking away from us in the count down to leaving. Thinking about all aspects of the equipment, navigation, etc... Which bike frame, wheels, brakes? What combination of clothes? Do I really need to take a dinner jacket?

We have been kindly donated a stand at this year's One Life Live Exhibition. This is a huge exhibition backed by the Independent newspaper, with a massive PR and marketing campaign behind it including national newspaper, magazine, London Underground posters Radio and TV and a year round website. One Life Live 2007 (2nd – 4th March) will take place at London’s most prestigious exhibition venue - the Grand Hall, Olympia in Central London.

Tom and I will be going along with some expedition kit, hopefully with a presence from our charities and some equipment companies, reciting poetry and talking to people about the aims of our trip to encourage sustainable living, promote bike use, and hopefully inspire others.

If you have a company who would like to be represented and help us with our trip please email me.

On another note, I recently watched a couple of documentaries. An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore. Al Gore combines the science of global warming in an easy to understand way, with the potential consequences in a positive and strong, rallying cry to protect the one earth we all share and how we can take action without getting too evangelical about saving the planet. I also watched Who Killed the Electric Car?. This is a lesser publicised documentary, about how the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate and emerging electric car in California was quashed by government, the car companies, Big Oil, even Eco-darling Hydrogen and consumers who turned their backs on the car in favour of the SUV. Both highly recommended and interesting.