Back home - 73 days and 4670 miles later

After a very windy day and tricky cycling with a cross wind through Liverpool the last day was pretty easy going back along the Trans Pennine Trail. I had plenty of time in hand when I reached Fiddlers Ferry and the Ferry Tavern. The same place I stopped off at with Dave Leak on the first day of my grand tour. This time with time to kill I went in for a pint of Ruddles County and great chat with the regulars at the bar. If you needed an incentive to come cycling on the TP trail, a visit to the Ferry Tavern is a good one. It certainly added to the mild euphoria I was experiencing about being homeward bound. I might make it a regular event . If anyone fancies joining me on  a Sunday cycle out there in the future, just give me a call. The pub also holds outdoor one day music festivals during the summer. So I hope to get a gig there, for YesSir next year.

I arrived home just after 5pm to a great reception from my close family with balloons, poppers and bubbly and plenty of party food. I should say a special thankyou to my sister Lynne for being the main driver for this little celebration. In the past week Lynne had also been busy enlisting the interest of the local press. and I've given a couple of interviews to the MEN and Trafford Metro in the past few days. So I should feature in a couple of articles in the next few days.

It's been 73 days (but 3 days enforced rest for a gig and bike repairs) and 4670 miles (7516 Kilometers) traveling the coast of Great Britain. An average of 67 miles (108 km) a day. I've also climbed 99639 meters ( 326900 ft) the equivalent of 92 times up Mt Snowdon or 11 times up Mt Everest.  I'm staggered. There are probably a few other interesting stats I could work out in time, like, how many beaches?, lochs? and estuaries? I have seen.... and how many rainy days? (lots).  I'm asked "what were the highlights?" but it is hard to say. The amazing thing is,  I've been out in the open all day every day and every day has had it's own highlight and it's a great feeling. I am missing it already and just want to get out on my bike, but I have a lot of domestic stuff to catch up with in the next few weeks.

I've enjoyed doing the blog and thank everyone who has read it and given me messages of support throughout the tour. I wasn't able to upload any of my video clips on the tour so for the past few days I've been busy uploading and converting hundreds of clips and I still haven't finished. But I have quickly pieced together a preview which I'll attach to this message.. eventually

I'd also like to thank everyone who donated to Seeds for Africa. Besides the £500 or more, collected so far on www.justgiving/deanfrostbike.com I have also collected another £127.75 on route and at the gig on September 4th. Kellogg have also promised to match my total up to £500. So the total is over £1100 but I hope to collect some more after a plug in the local press and at work. If anyone would still like to donate,  please visit the my justgiving website. £1000 pounds will pay for resourcing a new project to aid african children to become self sufficient in growing their own food.