21 Days to Go

Summer Solstice at Stonehenge

Freakin' aye, alrighty then. The end is nigh. Three weeks from today- 100,000 pedal strokes will be launched. The date will be June 20th and happens to be the Summer Solstice at 23:09 U.T. I'll likely be passed out by that time here in the Pacific Time Zone, happy from completing the first and most difficult day, dinner masticated and with a dram (or two) of whisky in me gullet. That day, over the millennium, has been a day for many cultural and celestial celebrations. Archaeoastronomers have claimed that Stonehenge represents an ancient observatory and the solstice and equinoxes align with major stones and openings in the formation. I really didn't plan the trip around this date - 'tis merely a serendipitous cosmic coincidence. A good sign indeed I think!