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Monday, September 8, 2008

处女航——荆棘满路,波折重重。。。


现实往往是残酷的。


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八月二十六日,晴时多云偶阵雨。为了爱丁堡之行备战,踏上了寻路之旅。

没有任何警报,先是一架铁马的轮胎报销,黯然。Jeng Yew离队。

路没走远,本人的铁马“爆牙”,凄惨。Yong Yan离队。

六人行演变成四人铁马阵,人心惶惶。


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默想,莫非此乃“不可能的任务”?

非也非也。

天将降大任於斯人也,必先苦其心志,饿其体肤,劳其筋骨,空乏其身,行拂乱其所为,所以动心忍性,增益其所不能。

满腔热血男儿,岂能屈服于小小挫折?

前进!就算前路茫茫,毕竟,路,是走出来的!


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沿着繁忙的道路,一路向北,感觉很漫长。

柳暗花明,一片无边无际的麦田映入眼帘,之前的愁云惨雾,一扫而空。



著名的Forth & Clyde Canal就在热心人的引导下,掀开了令人满怀期待的处女航。



沿路风景优美,惊喜连连。一路上擦肩而过的人们都十分亲切热情,还有一对对天鹅悠然浮游水面上,心情说不出的舒畅。

天苍苍,野茫茫,风吹草低,还真有一群牛羊,散布在绿油油的农场里。


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Auchinstarry Basin,是此次的终点站,仅仅是爱丁堡之行的四分一路程。合照一张留念。


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回程比较吃力,托硬邦邦坐骑之福,一个个饱尝屁股开花之苦,本人更在一段斜坡上脚抽筋,一路颠颠簸簸,总算有惊无险,倦鸟终于归巢。


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多亏此次处女航,把梦想和现实的界限厘清,汲取教训,再出发。


考验依旧严峻,却无阻雄心壮志!


Sunday, September 7, 2008

缘起。。。The Beginning…


偶然间,话题落在一个蛮异想天开的点子上,两人谈得兴高采烈,骑着铁马驰骋苏格兰这片陌生土地的梦想,似乎一点儿都不遥远。


知易,行难。心中不免犹豫,信心偶尔动摇,两人开始策划。


"The wild idea to cycle around the unfamiliar land of Scotland sparkled when two enthusiastic young men were talking about their dreams. To them, however crazy the idea it seems, it would one day become real.


It is always easier said than done. At times, the heart hesitated, with shaken confidence. Nevertheless, they started planning for it."


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连续几个星期,物色市集拍卖的二手铁马。粗枝大叶的两人,甚至把人家的铁马给弄坏了,换来一顿F***的臭骂,如此往来数次,竟然也和这位豪爽的大叔熟络起来了,率直的F***之物语,也不再觉得刺耳,反而有种说不出的亲切感。


阵容渐渐壮大,憨憨二人组新进了两位新成员,四人组最后又变成了六人组,队长连忙喊停,六位恰恰好,不然队长恐怕胜任不来。


有次还差点掉入偷车集团的陷阱,误购了贼赃。


好几次眼巴巴看着心仪的铁马被人捷足先登,唏嘘不已。


铁马加上林林种种的配件,六人的钱囊开始瘦身,万一功败垂成,就只能自嘲自个儿把钱丢进大海,覆水难收。


在不被看好的情况下,六人毅然朝向目标前进,其实心里也没啥把握,只有破釜沉舟的决心。管它的,盘算不了这么多,要么笑傲江湖,要么贻笑大方,反正青春是最大的本钱。


"For the consecutive few weeks, they searched for 2nd-hand bikes. There was once they were so careless. In exchange to the damage done to a yet-to-be-sold-out bike, they were bombarded with initial-F’s vocabularies by the middle-aged owner. Strange it might sound, the owner became more and more friendly each time they visited the market. The initial-F’s words from his mouth had since then become less painful to the ears.


From a group of two, it grew to four, and then six. The captain had to shut the door closed to new members, for limited capability to manage an even bigger group.


There were once they almost being tricked by a bike-theft syndicate. For several times, they missed some great deals of bikes with tip-top conditions. How unfortunate.


Besides, all sorts of bike accessories made their wallets to shrink. All investments come with liability. They could only pray for the best. No one knows how things might turn out.


No matter how unfeasible it might seem, the group will march towards the dream, with strong determination. There would be only two outcomes – being laughed upon for harbouring an unrealistic goal, or being the last persons laughing at the end. But, who cares? Youth is itself a biggest asset – we dare to fail!"


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隆重介绍踌躇满志的六人(左至右)——Kean Aun,Jeng Yew,Yong Yan,Jern Huat,V Co 和Ivan Yan Jun。


"Proudly introduce these high-spirit six-member biking group (from left to right) – Kean Aun, Jeng Yew, Yong Yan, Jern Huat, V Co and Ivan Yan Jun."


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六人绝对业余,经验欠奉。


"These six are absolutely amateurs, with extremely limited biking experience. Hehe…"