Were you wondering if the rumours about Mot and Ness attempting to cycle around Europe are true?... well yes, we are.
Our bicycle journey began on bums from Neiupoort in Belguim. Actually our first trial ride fully laden was from Euston to Marylebone Station in London, to meet our traveling companions. By fully laden we mean what we can drag around on the back of a bike, including fully camping equipment...and of course a laptop.
At last it's time for us to come clean with the full story: the sad, sad tale of what happened to the little Townace van that couldn't (and didn't).
This tale also includes a giant yellow bear, a service station carpark and—mothers please skip this bit—not doing the washing up.
We have no van. We did have a van, and now we don't. Cranky the Townace carried us through ten days of hilarity across England, Norway and Sweden before going all "kaput" on us.
So as part of the grieving process we made a memorial video for him. It's all part of moving on. Even as we speak I'm in London with Si while Mot and Ness are in Glasgow - all in preparation for Hilarity Take Two.
Because my friends, the Hilarity100: it must go on. We're still marking off the days, each with their compulsory shenanigans, and before the week is out Europe will once again be subject to our random travels.
I'm coming to you from the luxurious back seat of the Toyota Townace we'll be calling home for the next hundred or so days. I've been piecing together this website tonight while Matt's been busily installing a stereo and some speakers.
Provided we can find net access we'll be updating this site with news, photos and other mutterings from the trip as we roll around Europe in a roughly clockwise direction. Tomorrow morning Matt and I head off from London to drive to Newcastle and meet Mot and Ness, before we all catch a ferry to Norway to officially get things underway.
We'd love to know who we've got joining us for the ride on the website, so leave a comment introducing yourself and wish us good luck, good speed and much hilarity.
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