Early start my ass! Whilst Adam was hugging the sink, i was struggling to sit up in bed. At this point we decided to take a rain check and make a big day of it the following day. Despite the repercussions, It was a great night and the live music was incredible. We left Memphis at around 3am just in time to see kerb crawlers and gangsters eyeing up our bikes. It was a big day for us and we managed to get about 120miles down the road before the sun got the better of us. The following day we set off for Nashville, roughly 100 hundred miles away. On arriving it instantly drew us in, but due to our performance in Memphis we had made a pact not to drink for the remainder of the trip. So by 2pm we were sat at the bar with a bud in our hands. We managed to opull ourselves away and hit the road for another 20 miles until we reached Lebanon, last nights stop. Today has been a struggle and we have only made 90 miles. this is mainly down to the fact that my arse looks like a babboons and we have started climbing the hills as we approach the Appalachians Mountains. Speak to you soon

'You guys are from England? Then how come your English is so good?' - quote from waitress in some generic fast food place. At first I just politley smiled and laughed at what I assumed was a joke, then faced with a her blank questioning stare I realised she wasn't kidding, I continued to laugh but not so politely. I'm now down another 2 inner tubes and another tyre! The tyre was only 4 days old! Texarkana was prob the worst place we've been through yet, are motel turned out to be in a ghetto but was only 35 dollar so no complaints. After Texarkana we set off on the 1st leg of the state of Arkansa, we didn't get far before the heat an humidity got the better of us, only managing 60 miles due to a late start after replening on tyres and tubes (good job we did). We've made up some miles now though and have just arrived in Memphis where we plan on having one or two beers. 25 days into our trip and we have just made the 2000 mile point, its amazing we've got this far on a diet of fast food and power bars! Its entirely possible that I have suffered some kind of stroke as I've lost feeling in my right hand, must be all the burgers. Its not going to get any better though as bad food is so much cheaper and tonight I plan on washing back my burger with a shed load of beer before hitting the road again in the early hours. Nice!

Even though we headed off to Denton in the hope of reaching some bars and knocking back a few beers, unfortunately an all you can eat Chinesse buffet got in our way and sharpely put an end to our evening. Despite our slack efforts the night before we proceeded to spring out of bed at an early hour and head for Dallas. After only a few hours and 50 miles later we arrive at Guillaume's (family friend). Within minutes of arriving we had an intinary for the evening which consisted of Happy hour at the local, followed by a meal and then back into town to sapple Dallas's fine selection of cowgirls and real ales, to which both scored highly. As we had recieved an ace welcome and with another days activities planned we decided to stick around for some site seeing and a laze by the pool. It was now day 21 and Sandy (Guillaumes wife) woke us with the smell of a Full-English......good girl (You may be surprised to hear but i have put on half a stone). With our bellies full and a bag packed with snacks we motored on to Sulphur Springs, North East Texas. Still optimistic that i may be able to complete the whole trip on just 1 set of tyres and with no punctures, my dreams were suddenly shattered when my tyre split. With Karma on our side though we found ourselves outside of the Sulphur Springs Public Swimming Baths. The staff here welcomed us in with open arms and let us use the pool for free, whilst supplying us with a lifeguards whistle each, a pepperoni pizza to share and some super glue to fix my tyre. It was here where Ad's and i had an epiphany and decided to cycle through the night until sunrise, saving on the cost of a motel and making up on lost miles. Whilst this seemed like a good idea at the time and having managed 30 miles by 2am it was time to recharge our batteries with a quick 40 winks. 4 hours later in a dis-used business park, we woke to a romantic sunrise and curled up next to our new best friend Steve the turtle (not quite what we had in mind)! 10 hours and 70 odd miles later i'm sat here writing to you guys. Just to wrap up an evetful few days i would like to thank the lifeguards at Sulpfur Springs Swimming Baths, the random and very lovely man who bought us breakfast this morning, the man they call 'The Real Cowboy' who said a pray for us and our travels and finally our bodyguard Steve who watched over us and our bikes last night. Choi for now!

On arriving in Graham we found ourselves almost immediately drawn to a bar (pretty much the first one we've seen worth visiting since California!), we'd not bothered to check into a motel and were attracting strange looks in our matching lycra. One beer proved not to be enough and we got chatting to a few of the locals, once again the generosity and hospitality here astounded us. On hearing what we are doing and the cause we are raising for we had our beers bought for us and one extremely generous guy called Monty even paid for our accommodation. Thanks again Monty if you're reading this. Despite having a few beers we managed to get on the road for about 5am and promptly set off going the wrong way, fortunately we only made it a mile down the road before realising. 30 miles later and we were in Jacksboro at the City Drug Store that is also a cafe and gift shop. After knocking back an excellent breakfast we were once again amazed (and very happy) at not having to pay, thanks to the Kathy and the lovely staff there. Another 60 miles later, lots of rain and many dead animals later (including a Rattle Snake, Armadillo and Buzzard) we made it to Denton. We have heard there may be a couple of note worthy bars here to, sooooo........

Oh dear, Adam spoke too soon and at the start of day 17, 15 miles in he picked up yet another puncture. Today hasn't been the most entertaining of days but to spice things up the sun decided to pop out its head and as always it was joined by our nemesis "The head wind". We initially wanted to ride over 100 miles today but due to a late start and strong winds we have decided to call it a day in Graham (it's a place). On route we stopped in at the country cafe and grocery store in Throckmorton where the lovely employees there treated us to brunch.......Thank you guys! So almost halfway through our trip and we're feeling strong. We hope that from Dallas onwards we can provide you with plenty more road kill and strange happenings. Dallas here we come..........

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