{"id":464,"date":"2005-10-07T21:00:04","date_gmt":"2005-10-07T21:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/wordpress179\/?p=464"},"modified":"2005-10-07T21:00:04","modified_gmt":"2005-10-07T21:00:04","slug":"look-out-london-im-back-hairier-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehippy.net\/blog\/look-out-london-im-back-hairier-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Look out London, I'm back, hairier than ever.."},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes folks, over four months and I have returnethedededed.. Behold!<\/p>\n

\"hippy<\/p>\n

I’d love to fill you in on all the details but I have a hangover to nurse (happy birthday, whatever your name was!) and I have a package to unwrap and a WHOLE SUITCASE of CLEAN CLOTHES<\/b> to try on!!!!!<\/p>\n

I also have a real towel<\/b> and VEGEMITE<\/b>!!!!<\/p>\n

\"1st<\/p>\n

There will probably be many summary posts from now until I find a job (Captain Time Waster, at your service). <\/p>\n

I want to note everything I unpack from the bike so I know what to take next time.. <\/p>\n

UK SIM is back in, but my phone screen is still dead.<\/p>\n

\"Dead<\/p>\n

Looking forward to unpacking and throwing my bike in the river hehe<\/p>\n

Update 1<\/i>:<\/p>\n

I am sitting here, probably for the REST of the day, replying to emails, blogging (in a very half-ar$ed way) and maybe I’ll even get started on unpacking (yeah right!). <\/p>\n

As for cycling, well, temporarily, it can get fscked! <\/p>\n

I need to replace my seat (bent in 2003!) and probably the cheap SPD pedals which I seem to have bent (too powerful for my own good). <\/p>\n

Broke a spoke on the rear wheel too (could have been when someone else moved the bike while it was locked) and I want to murder the fscked up rear mudguard which required adjustment every 10mins on the last two days riding. <\/p>\n

The handlebar bag is holding on but I might try and find a replacement bracket for it before it snaps totally (Deuter brand, perhaps they have spares?).<\/p>\n

I totally can’t wait to ride the bike once it’s unloaded!! You have no idea how much I hate panniers. What is worse is that they are so damn useful for cycle touring! :S <\/p>\n

Mudguards, however, are my sworn enemy and I will take great pleasure in dousing them with petrol and watching them burn.. <\/p>\n

For the curious, I weighed myself and I’m about 4-5kg heavier than when I left (100kg). So, with all that riding.. I managed to do a lot of eating too haha \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n

Mum is helping me lose weight by airfreighting me packets of Tim Tams! hehe Mum, you rock!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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