Well, a bit of bad judgement plus some bad luck has seen me in hospital twice.
First slid on some loose gravel on a corner, recovered but now on the (soft) hard shoulder, highsided, recovered and highsided again. this time got shot into a 12' deep ditch and fetched up against a boulder. 5 days in St Anthony's Hospital and doc says upper left arm nerves shot, I will never ride a bike again. I spent 2 days repairing bike at campsite and rode back to Nova Scotia.
Then near Baddeck my chain broke, probably weakened in first off, and dumped me on the hwy at 100kph
Hospital has strapped up my broken collarbone and said 3 weeks. If bike is fixed, its 70km away

, I'm out of here tomorrow.
My son says 'Pain is just weakness leaving the body' I must be awfully weak
I hope that your trip has none of the above elements in it, goes for everyone else reading, but hey, no one said it would be easy, I want easy, I'll get the bus, sometimes the piper needs paying for the freedom you get on a bike, hopefully I have used up my bad luck early on.
I keep smiling, but I'm using up my teeth on the road, so it looks more like a grimace.
I hope to update blog soon, but since thunderstorm other day, connection here is iffy.