Have you heard of the ancient Japanese tradition called the misogi? Well, I can’t ride a bike, but this summer I decided to cycle all the way to Belgium. You’re thinking, why on earth would you do that? A misogi is a big challenge you set yourself where you have roughly a 50% chance of certain failure. Now, I don’t have all that trendy cycling gear. The furthest I’ve probably ridden is about 5k into town. Getting to Belgium on a bike felt like a challenge that would humble me. And I was right. Brouge was my first stop. 70k only 4 hours on the map. It said things didn’t get off to the best start when I cycled 2 hours in the wrong direction to get landlocked on a beach just outside Dunkirk. Stupidly I hadn’t really thought about the weight in my bags and shock it really slowed me down. Miraculously I got into Bruge at midnight and the hostel took pity on me. My legs are destroyed and next I’ve got to do 100k to ant work on the hottest day of the
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I did this last week . No tent and only €15 to name . I tried to cycle across Ireland . Long story short after 100km my phone fried in the heat and I was stranded