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Dan Selman's avatar

Bravo both! Europe, tick. Enjoy and don’t forget to have a cuppa for me. X

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Mark Graham's avatar

Thanks Dan. We’ll raise a cup in your honour, and maybe you might even join us for a brew 😊

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Wendy's avatar

Turkey...so far ,so good.Yay! Poor Maura 😢..but I guess she gets what she deserves. Hilarious ! Keep us posted ❤️

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Mark Graham's avatar

We certainly will Wendy. Keep the home fires burning.

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Gerry O Shea's avatar

Hi Ellie and Mark, congratulations on reaching Asia, if I can post you on some Barry's tea just ask. Safe cycling and looking forward to hearing from you as you venture further into Asia.

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Ellie O'Byrne's avatar

I think we’re ok for tea for a bit Gerry, but thanks so much for the offer!

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Liam Murphy's avatar

Barking mad. Poor Daithi & Maura. But funny. I might have a cup of tea this week. Ye are becoming addictive. Was looking for ye yesterday. A

Follyerupper.

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Mark Graham's avatar

Woof woof!

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Glen Goodnough's avatar

Interesting hearing about your Turkey adventures! We biked in Northern Cyprus not long ago, which is Turkish , and it sounds

from your description to have been quite different. Good luck, and I will continue to follow. Your writing is quite good. glensbikeblog.substack.com

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Glen Goodnough's avatar

A common theme I can see, though ,was the friendliness of the people.

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Mark Graham's avatar

Thanks Glen. Looking forward to getting stuck into your account of cycling in Cypress.

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Teresa Graham's avatar

Maybe you should have kept the big fella, he could be a guard dog for you.

Brilliant stuff, poor Maura obviously hit a nerve!

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Mark Graham's avatar

The thought crossed our mind, but we’d rather concentrate on keeping ourselves safe in traffic than have a four legged friend tag along.

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Christopher Dunne's avatar

Loving these journey reports! Keep em coming. Safe cycling! Chris

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Mark Graham's avatar

Thanks Chris. We’ll certainly try to.

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Anne Marie Flynn's avatar

Both of your writings are consistently sublime. I enjoy them so much. (Today I binged on several weeks' worth, took a nap and promptly dreamt about bears.) But I fear now that nothing will ever top the Maura Derrane table. Stay safe!

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Mark Graham's avatar

Thanks Anne Marie. You should hear the table entries we left out!?

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James O'Sullivan's avatar

Great post. Never liked Maura, not that I ever watched Irish daytime TV, pulling splinters out of a septic welt in my arse would normally be more appealing. 🤣☘️

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