Having a beard is part of the entry requirements.
Downtime proved a real bummer for me travelling alone, my suggestion: don't travel alone. At least you can argue and disagree with someone (thus wasting time) if you had company.
I found writing my thoughts in my diary, working out mileage out, route planning and (if i had a good book) reading helped.
Inventing games for yourself was another thing, .....oh and trying to decypher the remanding lyrics to whatever song you were singing to yourself whilst riding. Am I the only person who gets Helmet Song? I first got it a few years back when I started riding, I had the song by Moby stuck in my head. I am not a Moby fan, so it was as much as a surprise to me that whenever I got on my bike I was singing the song "Natural Blues" to myself.... more like 1 line from the song. Ever since I get one liners jump into my helmet and I spend the whole journey repeating it to myself.
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