There’s one ‘wrinkly’ I know who certainly hasn’t let his spirit grow old:

The original cycling nutcase ‘Guru’ – A.K.A ‘Noshta’ – A.K.A ‘Dad’ is heading out to Cambodia next week on a 2 week cycling adventure!! He will be meeting up with my elder brother Tom (himself no stranger to derring-do and venturousness) with the aim of taking in a quick tour of Angkor Wat before cycling from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh and then into Vietnam and towards Ho Chi Minh City.

In hybrid street parlance I say “Mad props to the old pot and pan.” (Kudos is due to father)

Age is surely a state of mind – and I’m sure that my Dad’s mind remains in a state of perpetual youth, wonderment and enthusiasm for the beautiful world we all live in. It really is a very sound way to live and I desperately hope that I can retain the same (or at least something approaching) fitness, interest, fearlessness and energy as I grow older. Dad celebrated his 75th birthday this year!

Tom and Dad have undertaken several big bike trips in recent years; cycling to the North Cape (Norway), biking around Iceland, a ride to Rome, the famous Santiago de Compostela route and the Otago Rail Trail  in New Zealand to name but a few. Perhaps they should have a website of their own?

I look forward to hearing about the trip and will post photos and stories here – as they become available.

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