We were somewhere around Brighton on the edge of Devil's Dyke before the drugs began to take hold.
Well, bananas. Obtained by stealth and cunning from a banana farm near the foothills. It might have been a Mars Bar farm, I couldn't really tell, I was too busy trying to figure out how to walk with jelly rolls instead of legs.
The man to blame for this was strolling about the area, chowing down on some bananas and Mars Bars, and looking like there was no such thing as pain. Bastard.
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... that was in 2006. Two short years later, and Pete and Jason will be joined by the Macquarie Bank Treasury & Commodities team of riders: Steve, Franky, and Seyd.
We would like your support! Our charity this year is Sparks, you can read about them over on the left there. For the full entertaining story of the 2006 Capital to Coast ride, see www.crank.it
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Not only that, but your hair will stop turning grey, crying babies will be inexplicably soothed by your presence, and World Peace could potentially break out. Really, can you afford NOT to take that opportunity?