A retrospective: modes of travel - The Seven Year Itch - CycleBlaze

September 26, 2024

A retrospective: modes of travel

We have never had a tour remotely like this one where we used alternative modes of transportation as often as we have this time.  In Seven months we’ve taken a train, ferry, taxi or private car 30 times.  And we’re not done yet!  We’ve taken the train ten times this month, which I’m pretty sure must be a new CycleBlaze record.  Team Anderson excels again!

I’d been planning on putting up a post about this at the end of the year, but after today’s exhausting fiasco I thought I’d start it now and just keep it up for the rest of the tour.

  • Feb 24: ferry from Barcelona to Alcudia
  • Mar 09: taxi from Alaró to Palma
  • Mar 10: ferry from Palma to Dénia
  • Mar 17: train from Alicante to Murcia
  • Apr 09: train from Ubeda to Seville
  • Apr 10: train from Seville to Zafra 
  • Apr 21: passenger car (Janos) from Trujillo to Monfragüe
  • Apr 22: passenger car (Janos) from Monfragüe to Plasencia
  • May 21: ferry from Santander to Plymouth
  • May 30: train from Okehampton to Exeter
  • Jun 06: train from Taunton to Reading (wrong train!)
  • Jun 06: train from Reading to Newport
  • Jun 25: train from Shrewsbury to Colne
  • Jul 04: train from York to Thirsk
  • Jul 13: train from Bempton to Scarborough
  • Jul 16: train from Saltbutn to Castleton Moor
  • Aug 07: train from Settle to Skipton
  • Aug 07: Passenger car (Barry) from Skipton to Grassington
  • Aug 10: train from Skipton to Lincoln
  • Aug 24: train from Ipswich to Felixstowe
  • Aug 24: ferry from Harwich to Hook-of-Holland
  • Sep 03: train from Calais to Wimereux
  • Sep 05: train from Wimereux to Le Touquet
  • Sep 06: train to Saint-Valerie-sur-Somme
  • Sep 14: train from Le Touquet to Fécamp
  • Sep 17: train from Fécamp ro Paris
  • Sep 18: train from Paris to Tours
  • Sep 21: train from Tours to Moulins
  • Sep 23: train from Moulins to Brioude
  • Sep 26: train from Brioude to Marseille (wrong train again!!)
  • Sep 27: train from Marseille to Tarascon
  • Oct 21: train from Montpellier to Perpignan
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Steve Miller/GrampiesCounted 30 alternate travel modes. You seem to have dropped the 0 in your opening paragraph. Don't shortchange yourself.
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1 month ago
Bob KoreisI'm always quick to tell people who get on my bus when it's another they wanted, you're not the first and you won't be the last.

On the bright side, you do get another good story out of it.
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1 month ago
Scott AndersonTo Bob KoreisNot bright enough. More than once lately we’ve looked at each other and said we’re tired of good stories. Its become our new mantra.
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1 month ago
Patrick O'HaraYou guys are legends. Don't forget that.
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1 month ago
Rachael AndersonTo Patrick O'HaraThanks, I needed that! Now we can be legendary for having so much go wrong. We need to change our moniker from Team Anderson to Calamity Anderson’s!
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