El Gran Errando – Sums It Up

Part of the rules of the Errandonnee Challenge is that you have to submit a control card.  Here’s goes mine:

Errand No. 1

• Date: February 9
• Category: Personal Care and Health. Local pharmacy. (1st category)
• Miles: 2.5
• Observation: Forgot to get a receipt. I wish life were less complicated.
• Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rootchopper/8463116142/in/set-72157632739131504

Errand No. 2

• Date: February 9
• Category: Any Store that Is Not a Grocery (Same Pharmacy as in Errand No. 1) (2nd Category, 1st time)
• Miles: 2.5
• Total Miles: 5.0
• Observation: Wish I had remembered my camera
• Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rootchopper/8462016789/in/set-72157632739131504

Errand No. 3

• Date: February 10
• Category: Bike Shop (Spokes Etc. in Belle Haven) (3rd category)
• Miles: 5
• Total Miles: 10
• Observation: Spokes Etc. policty of doing small repairs while you wait is awesome
• Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rootchopper/8463114938/in/set-72157632739131504

Errand No. 4

• Date: February 10
• Category: Lunch (Eamonn’s in Old Town) (4th category)
• Miles: 10
• Total Miles: 20
• Observation: Fish and chips might be the cycling food of the gods. It’s banned by the Olympics.
• Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rootchopper/8463114946/in/set-7215763273913504

Errand No. 5

• Date: February 12
• Category: Work (Rosslyn and the Circle of Certain Doom) (5th category, 1st time)
• Miles: 29.5
• Total Miles: 49.5
• Observation: I am glad I am not a beaver dam disrupter
• Photo:http://www.flickr.com/photos/rootchopper/8484787522/in/set-72157632739131504

Errand No. 6

• Date: February 13
• Category: Work (5th category, 2nd time)
• Miles: 29
• Total Miles: 68.5
• Observation: Robins are here!!
• Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rootchopper/8472663198/in/set-72157632739131504

Errand No. 7

• Date: February 13
• Category: Grocery (6th category, 1st time)
• Miles: 0.5 (diverted from my route home from work)
• Total Miles: 69
• Observation: Roses are red and so are my panniers
• Dark: Completed in the dark using my Light and Motion Stella light
• Photo:http://www.flickr.com/photos/rootchopper/8472663198/in/photostream

Errand No. 8

• Date: February 15:
• Category: Coffee (7th category)
• Miles: 32.5 (It sort of was on my way to work!)
• Total Miles: 101.5
• Observation: Friday Coffee Club is the best. And Hugo is CUTE!!!!
• Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rootchopper/8478030596/in/photostream

Errand No. 9

• Date: February 16
• Category: Any Store that Is Not a Grocery (Village Hardware owned by a Serotta owner) (2nd category, 2nd time)
• Miles: 1.5
• Total Miles: 103
• Observation: O-rings make the world go round
• Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rootchopper/8478959295/in/photostream

Errand No. 10

• Date: February 16
• Category: Grocery (Fort Hunt Safeway) (6th category, 2nd time)
• Miles: 1.0
• Total Miles: 104
• Observation: Little Nellie is offended that our neighborhood Safeway has such crappy bike parking
• Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rootchopper/8478958917/in/photostream

Errand No. 11

• Date: February 17
• Category: Lunch  (Sherwood Hall Gourmet) (3rd category, 2nd time)
• Miles: 2
• Total Miles: 106
• Observation: Gary’s Lunchbox is a tasty sammich
• Photo:http://www.flickr.com/photos/rootchopper/8482698067/in/photostream

Errand No. 12

• Date: February 19
• Category: Wild Card (7-11 in Hollin Hall) (7th category, 1st time, 2nd night time errand)
• Miles: 1.0 (Actually 29 but I can’t really count my commuting miles)
• Total Miles: 107
• Observation: When a raccoon crosses your path, it must be your lucky day. Buy a lottery ticket or two.
• Photo:http://www.flickr.com/photos/rootchopper/8491047904/in/photostream

Final Observation: I honestly can’t believe I did this. It just goes to show you what throwing in the towel at the start can do when you are El Gran Errando.

For ease of use, here are the pix .