Day 8 Virtual Cycle Against Suicide 2020Roscommon to Mullingar
Good morning guys! We are now on Day 8 of our cycle and we are heading for Athlone and Mullingar where we finish for the day.
But you know what? I think most of us are getting fed up with this VIRTUAL cycling stuff. We are dying to be on the real thing. Proper cycling it. Cycling the route for real. Want to be ACTUALLY, meeting up in the morning, as we return to the school we left last night, meeting up with our friends, finding out how our homestay went the night before and, just like kids in the playground in the morning, greeting each other like we have been away for ages. Lots of us have been saying this week how much we are missing the actual cycle this year. How much we have all been looking forward to it for so long. How much we are missing the friendship and camaraderie that comes naturally with every cycle. Being out on the REAL road, wind in the face, sun on the head, sometimes the hailstones and the bitter wind cutting your cheeks. What we wouldn't give for that now! Our buddies that we maybe only see once a year and can instantly gel with once again. The Ray's and the Christy's the Andrew's the John's and all the faces that just appear around the place in the ORANGE as if they never went away. That has nearly all been taken away from us due too this coronavirus. But we have seen on these platforms this week, photos from previous cycles, being posted and I know, for me, that has been that placebo needed. So thanks to everyone who posted and shared. Im sure it has been good for others too. Big hotels and guest houses are ok, in their own right. But the joy we get meeting our homestay hosts and spending time getting to know them and sometimes making friends for life, is a big lose. And indeed, sitting around a dinner table with our casual cycling friends and getting to know THEM better too is a bonus and a huge price to lose. September is our new date but I just wonder, sadly!
But HEY!! Enough of that! ITS OK NOT TO FEEL OK! And saying it out is a help!
But, we have places to go this morning! Namely! we are heading for Mullingar. Today this the JOE SHOW! ( a prize for those who post what that means, that's for cocooners! The young ones won't have a clue 😜)
We are on the homeward leg. Lunch stop is in Athlone before we make for Mullingar. I special treat in Mullingar for everyone!
Everyone has a homestay tonight. You'll all get a proper home cooked dinner, maybe a glass or two and for sure it will be the highlight of the week and maybe a friend for life.
So! On our bikes. We are outta here in five minutes and remember if you haven't already done so donate €8 to :
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