http://www.journeytorussia.co.uk 3 blokes, 3 bikes, 3 weeks Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:21:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So the time is nearly here. We leave a week Saturday from Hatfield - in fact we're having a bit of a party and you're all invited. Details over on the facebook event page. We're going to meet at around 3pm, and party until we leave at 7pm - there's a band ... http://www.journeytorussia.co.uk/2008/08/21/just-over-a-week-leaving-parties/ It's fair to say we may have been a little obsessed with our kit. The problem was of course, that we were delayed by a year - and there's only so much time you can take up obsessing over visas and injections - so kit seemed a harmless hobby. I've lost ... http://www.journeytorussia.co.uk/2008/07/28/finalising-the-kit/ A new Podcast Update has been left by Matthew Click here to listen to it in Quick Time. Or use this player to listen: [audio:http://www.journeytorussia.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pbpost3.mp3] If you want to automatically receive the podcast updates in your podcast software follow the instructions on the Podcast page. http://www.journeytorussia.co.uk/2008/07/26/new-podcast-update-from-matthew-2/ A new Podcast Update has been left by Matthew Click here to listen to it in Quick Time. Or use this player to listen: [audio:http://www.journeytorussia.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pbpost2.mp3] If you want to automatically receive the podcast updates in your podcast software follow the instructions on the Podcast page. http://www.journeytorussia.co.uk/2008/07/26/new-podcast-update-from-matthew/ As many of you know, on this trip we're raising money for Everyman - the male cancer charity - look up in the top right hand corner and you can do your bit too ;-) Anyway, great news from them today - they think they've found a new drug that will ... http://www.journeytorussia.co.uk/2008/07/22/good-news-from-everyman/ I've had the Eee PC (701) now for a few months and have been using it as my primary machine whilst away and my secondary machine at home. I must admit I've had a few issues with it. I've had to return it to factory defaults (keep hitting F9 at start ... http://www.journeytorussia.co.uk/2008/06/30/asus-a-couple-of-months-of-ownership/ Uploaded from South Wales, where I discovered that a simple rip stop nylon poncho packs up smaller than the army issue job, and even fits me! http://www.journeytorussia.co.uk/2008/06/28/28062008159/ No speaky.... Not a video review this time, unusual for us I know, however I've just got hold of a really nice piece of kit that may well prove more valuable than mine and Matt's (failed) Russian language (Svetlana please forgive us....) course we had planned to do for the trip ... http://www.journeytorussia.co.uk/2008/06/13/pocketcomms/ As we get nearer to the off more people have been asking us how they can keep up to date with what we're doing. Obviously the simplest way is to come here or subscribe to the RSS feed - or perhaps even subscribe to the videos - but as we're ... http://www.journeytorussia.co.uk/2008/06/08/keeping-an-eye-on-us/ As I couldn't go camping with Mrs Cashmore this weekend - I decided to take advantage of the hideous weather to give the swag a good wet test. First of all I wanted to play around with configurations to keep as much of the water off the bag as possible - ... http://www.journeytorussia.co.uk/2008/05/26/coolabah-swag-bag-the-wet-weather-test/