tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post964648737907166060..comments2024-03-20T10:01:20.599+00:00Comments on Dave Gorman: Re: Cycling...Dave Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02260701102207639816noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-70471354805847239622009-04-26T10:41:00.000+01:002009-04-26T10:41:00.000+01:00It's 'fewer' miles, 'less' mileage.
As your edito...It's 'fewer' miles, 'less' mileage.<br /><br />As your editor will no doubt tell you that when the inevitable book goes in to pre-production.Alpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-13276128034951103002009-04-20T16:17:00.000+01:002009-04-20T16:17:00.000+01:00Sounds like a hoot Dave. I walked from LE to JOG i...Sounds like a hoot Dave. I walked from LE to JOG in 2007 and can absolutely understand the difference between doing something for its own sake and doing it with the focus and time pressures of an audience's attention, though in my case the audience was tiny and the attention was fleeting <br /><br />http://imsodave.blogspot.com/2007/01/day-5-dunmere-nr-bodmin-to-launceston.html <br /><br />Looking forward to seeing how you cope.Dave Greenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03008001795088856375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-82026019211001952892009-04-15T20:00:00.000+01:002009-04-15T20:00:00.000+01:00As someone with a possibly unhealthy obsession wit...As someone with a possibly unhealthy obsession with the U.S, i loved the unchained book, and the documentary (getting the DVD). I can understand your concern about people thinking the events allowed you to make a decent documentary, and rather the journey allowed the documentary to happen at all. Those last paragraphs of the book, i felt the same just leaving NYC so after travelling so far and experiencing so much, i'm not surprised you felt sad. I would love to do what you did.thejabberwocky6https://www.blogger.com/profile/09808127020902185980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-73155361557354773192009-04-06T14:42:00.000+01:002009-04-06T14:42:00.000+01:00Hello Dave. Here's hoping your trip is enjoyable ...Hello Dave. Here's hoping your trip is enjoyable - best of luck!<BR/><BR/>Five years ago I cycled about one hundred miles through the Negev desert, from Eilat to Masada fort. The extreme heat and dust had nothing on the pain I felt when taking a celebratory dip in the Dead Sea after finishing the journey - as soon as the salt water hit my open 'saddle sores' I screamed like a baby. Still, I'm very proud that I managed to cycle all that way, it gave me a real sense of achievement.<BR/><BR/>What will happen if you /don't/ manage to make it to a venue in time? Just say, there was a major problem with the bike?Leannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-23710563822128698962009-04-06T06:44:00.000+01:002009-04-06T06:44:00.000+01:00As I've read over the previous entries about your ...As I've read over the previous entries about your reluctance to produce a docu from this adventure - my thinking lead me to your fully tops photography. I'm hoping there will be many, many pics - and a (potential) documentary in another form...<BR/>(I'll be checking your Flickr page in the days/weeks/months following your adventure either way ;o))Damiennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-58650689269956775812009-04-05T20:27:00.000+01:002009-04-05T20:27:00.000+01:00A friend and i cycled from Austria to Belgium a co...A friend and i cycled from Austria to Belgium a couple of years ago. Cycling's an amazing way of seeing a country, fast enough to cover a lot of ground, but slow enough to actually experience the ground you're covering, and if you want to look at the scenery as you travel, you don't risk a high-speed out of control catastrophe.<BR/>My only advice, check the handlebars don't press on your hands too much. I spent the second half of my trip with pins and needles in my little fingers as the blood supply was restricted by leaning on my hands all day for four weeks. Or get padded gloves.<BR/>Good luck!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039559199621258113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-50421644842316025212009-04-05T19:03:00.000+01:002009-04-05T19:03:00.000+01:00Dave, I think it would make an excellent, and inte...Dave, I think it would make an excellent, and interesting documentary.<BR/>It seems weird that some people who enjoyed your other works, are the ones who don't seem to want you to do this one.<BR/>I hope you reconsider and make the documentary.I would watch.Spongecakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-24377768332874772622009-04-05T16:13:00.000+01:002009-04-05T16:13:00.000+01:00You will have no problem. It is the equivalent of ...You will have no problem. It is the equivalent of 4 hours manual labour a day. <BR/><BR/>A couple of years ago a group of friends in our 30s,40s and 50s cycled to Edinburgh in 3 days (roughly 130 miles per day) and we were all regular pub goers.<BR/><BR/>If you start each day at 8 you will be at your gig at lunchtime or late afternoon at worst.<BR/><BR/>Of course if the idea of 4 hours of physical work every day for a month fills you with mortifying dread then that is a different matter :-)Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-7895942681346141972009-04-04T23:45:00.000+01:002009-04-04T23:45:00.000+01:00:-( Oh go on dave, we want to watch it, sod the ot...:-( Oh go on dave, we want to watch it, sod the other doubters! I need something good to watch on tv. I have started cycling too recently, great fun, did 30 miles myself, you might have a sore arse. <BR/><BR/>GoodluckDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00037528769898900617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-37641405254375014422009-04-04T20:10:00.000+01:002009-04-04T20:10:00.000+01:00This is such a brilliant idea. I hope it all goes...This is such a brilliant idea. I hope it all goes well.. you are going to be shattered for sure though. Good luck Dave!. :)Emily Lambournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08237585574600993829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-80512847215059488762009-04-04T11:29:00.000+01:002009-04-04T11:29:00.000+01:00Is that a dog walking gran (in Stafford) or a dog-...Is that a dog walking gran (in Stafford) or a dog-walking gran ? Two very different things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-36648882202262481182009-04-04T10:11:00.000+01:002009-04-04T10:11:00.000+01:00Hi Dave, best of luck with the trip and the traini...Hi Dave, best of luck with the trip and the training! You will be visiting some of our favourite places on the west coast of Scotland. We would be really delighted to provide some cycling company, maybe north of glasgow, if you want that at the time. My wife is also offering to cook you a meal or two from the campervan - local seafood, etc. Cheers, ScotNature Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941576933429786972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-47194777704358785832009-04-04T02:42:00.000+01:002009-04-04T02:42:00.000+01:00@ Andreas: Maybe I haven't made myself clear. I do...@ Andreas: Maybe I haven't made myself clear. I don't have 6 weeks. I can't do less miles on any given day... whatever day it is, there's still an audience at the end of it and that means I *have* to get to the destination and the ride doesn't have the flexibility it would have done without the gigs...Dave Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260701102207639816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-52620097575039177292009-04-03T21:32:00.000+01:002009-04-03T21:32:00.000+01:00Nice tour Dave! Last summer I did Land's End to Jo...Nice tour Dave! Last summer I did Land's End to John O'Groats for fun and it took us 16 and a half days of cycling. 6 weeks for your tour should be doable then. A bit of a detour, but you've got lots of days to make up for it, even if you do a smaller amount of miles each day. <BR/><BR/>Good luck!<BR/><BR/>-- <BR/>AndreasAndreas Sikkemahttp://www.ramdyne.nl/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-2893732330888340782009-04-03T14:27:00.000+01:002009-04-03T14:27:00.000+01:00Well I think the inevitable coffee table photo dia...Well I think the inevitable coffee table photo diary book will be just as lovely.<BR/><BR/>Obviously I'm joking.<BR/><BR/>A little bit.Emmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-41195704878392710332009-04-03T09:23:00.000+01:002009-04-03T09:23:00.000+01:00@smirrh: I agree that it would. But as cynics woul...@smirrh: I agree that it would. But as cynics would then think, <I>"Oh he's only done that cycling thing in order to make that doc and get on the telly..."</I> I don't want to do it. I don't see any way of persuading people otherwise. The moment the tour was announced I had e-mails from people with a world-weary tone that made mention of the "inevitable TV spin off"... and as I'm not doing it for that reason and want to hold on to that for myself I've decided against.Dave Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260701102207639816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-81047082018752284992009-04-03T07:43:00.000+01:002009-04-03T07:43:00.000+01:00Vicky Park, represent! Do you remember the drunk w...Vicky Park, represent! Do you remember the drunk with tattoos on his face that needed twenty pee for a cup of tea and you needed all your teeth?kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04306427503749550858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-4362543150230425632009-04-03T02:50:00.000+01:002009-04-03T02:50:00.000+01:00I think it would make a great documentary. Stephen...I think it would make a great documentary. <BR/><BR/>Stephen.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08142772301745247750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-37107534628970147892009-04-03T02:30:00.000+01:002009-04-03T02:30:00.000+01:00Lovely that you were up in my neck of the wood - B...Lovely that you were up in my neck of the wood - Broxbourne. Well I say that, but it's a good cycle ride from where I live. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm both envious and scared of what you're attempting. The cycle ride would be just about doable. It's the "and then I perform" each night bit that would get me.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, a few months to go and getting on for 40 miles is passing by harmlessly, so you're definitely on track. That exercise bike is obviously working, although you can't beat proper rides, particularly if there are hills involved (and that's something the Lea Valley is notoriously poor for).LeeJayWhistlingIsNotAnnoyingMehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03918116711259798827noreply@blogger.com