Equipment Notes (for the really, really bored)

Stuff Used

– 2pr jocks (yes, I wear one pair a few times, cringe away clean-freaks! :P)

– 1pr shorts (short, quick-drying, synthetic ones I bought in TKMaxx, London)

– 1pr cargo pants (from Oz, used when it gets cold, with thongs for that Classy Aussie(tm) look)

– 1 fleecy jumper (as above)

– 2 shirts (Olive Stussy one rapidly wearing out and Nike “Get Addicted” one which went down a treat with the dope-fiends in Utrecht!)

– 1pr Croydon Cycleworks knicks

– 1 Croydon Cycleworks jersey (my red one, coz it goes faster)

– 1pr Polypropylene socks (yes, just one pair, sometimes I have to ‘dress wet’)

– Gloves (old, falling apart)

– Helmet (usually)

– SPD shoes (fit better than other shoes but still crush toes a bit)

– Ill-fitting thongs (flip-flops NOT a g-string you pommy fsckers!)

– Ill-fitting runners (crush feet)

– “Dave’s freebie” sunnies

– Soap (yes, REALLY!)

– Speedo chamois towel (15 fuggin quid worth!)

– Toothbrush/Toothpaste

– Nail clippers

– Combo knife/spoon/fork tool (For stabbing people and eating yoghurt)

– 40gb ipod (For motivation and pure wank factor.. drool away bitches!)

– Nokia 6210 mobile phone (yes, the blighter is still kickin’!)

– Map of France

– Lonely Planet Belgium

– Lonely Planet Netherlands

Stuff Added

– Ill-fitting thongs (flip-flops NOT a g-string you pommy fsckers!)

– Ill-fitting runners

– CF card reader (I did have one already but it was in the form of a portable cd burner and too big/heavy)

– Sunscreen (would you believe I took 2 tubes to London and left both there only to get fried in Europe?)

– Lip balm (see Sunscreen)

– Vitamin E cream (makes me legs look sexier)

– Antiseptic cream (stops my feet falling off due to thong-induced wounds)

– SIM cards for mobile (buying prepay for each country is cheaper then using UK one)

– Map of Netherlands (their signage is good, not perfect)

– Teflon Lube (for the _chain_ you perverts!)

– Compact umbrella

Stuff Not Used

– Too much of it remains unused because I’ve always found a bed and it’s not cold and I’ve had no mechanicals thus far.

Stuff Removed

– London A-Z

– Maps for each town and promo flyers, etc.

– I’ll probably post back a bunch of receipts, LP guide or two, some maps, etc..

4 thoughts on “Equipment Notes (for the really, really bored)

  1. 2 pairs? LIGHTWEIGHT! AFrica for 2 months with ONE pair. Mostly they were just hangingn on the breeze… I had 4 pairs of hiking socks… it just meant I had 4 pairs of smelly hiking socks to choose form.

    Note on Stuff Removed – That’s why the Third World countries are great to travel to. You can swap nearly anything that you don’t want for a nice little Souveniegr. That’s what I did with my third mobile. Thought I’d swap it before it got stolen, like the other two.

    But then I’m sure that in Europe there’d be a shortage of people desperate enough to grab your empty coke can, cut it up and make it into an aeroplane which they then swap for your second pair of smelly underpants…

  2. Dude, you were in Africa! I’m am in Europe. Bit of a difference. The deros here smell better than I did back home! 🙂

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