My 2024 Grand Tour Actiivity

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For better or worse, I have decided to once again record my Grand Tour activity in a Blog.

The link to my Blog is . . . My 2024 Grand Tour Activity - Announcement and Preparation

As always, please feel free to skim, read, comment or just ignore.

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After what must seem like forever, I have just updated my Grand Tour Blog.

The link to this update is . . . My 2024 Grand Tour Activity - The French Connection

As always, please feel free to skim, read, comment or just ignore.

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I have updated my blog with my latest ride's report.

The link to the update is :- The Western Loop

As always, you are invited to skim, read, comment or ignore as you see fit.

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They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so rather than write a ride report for my latest bonus ride, appropriately named the "Northern Loop", I thought this time I would share with you my Spotwalla track, together with the 10 bonus photos embedded into the track at their approximate bonus locations.

The viewing link is :-- The Northern Loop

As always, please feel free to view, comment or just ignore, as you wish.

All up, this ride was 1,402 km / 871 mi. You may need to use the zoom-in function to see more landscape detail, and you can click on any track marker for time/date/location information.

For those riders who are not familiar with Spotwalla, it is an online personal location management system / website, based in the US, with support for both satellite-based tracking devices as well as cellular phone applications. In my case, I use the Android app called “Bubbler”.

I typically create a "'trip" in my Spotwalla account before I depart, and give the link to my wife and family so that they know where I am (more or less), and where I have been.

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After some prolonged bad winter weather (cold + rain + wind + more rain) during June, July & August, I was finally able to complete my final Grand Tour ride through the Illawarra Coast, south of Sydney this week.

All up, an easy 858 km round trip and my Spotwalla track is at The Illawarra Coast Loop

All I have to do now is send off an email to the Rally Master with the link to my bonus photos for scoring.

Its been an enjoyable Grand Tour, and I would like to thank everyone involved in making it happen. It is appreciated.

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For better or worse, I have updated my blog.

The link to the update is :- Wrap Up

As always, you are invited to skim, read, comment or ignore as you see fit.

In closing, I would like to again thank all the people who have given their time and effort in making the 2024 Grand Tour happen. I, for one, appreciate it.

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Fun read. Interesting reading a ride report from someone participating in another country. Already looking forward to the next adventure.