Hi folks, been a busy few weeks since my last post what with training, work & a couple of very nice social gatherings. Had a day out at Polo at the Hurlingam Club (Sandra won the tickets to that through Facebook & took me along! Great day out in the sunshine, those boys can ride & all the ladies were looking pretty good too!) in Fulham & a mate organised a get together for a few work colleagues at Lords on Saturday for England vs Sri Lanka! Both put a bit of a dent in my training regime but I'm at the point of thinking, "If I ain't ready now, I never will be!"
Today I have been catching up on many thank you emails to friends who have donated to my pages. It's been great to see the support online and for my sponsor forms. I'd like to especially thank all the people from work who I have railroaded into supporting the causes. To date I have managed to raise just over £2000 for the charities I am supporting so that's fantastic.
Yesterday I was on the Gatwick Express heading up to work when I noticed Patrick Kielty, the comedian & compere, sitting in First Class. As there weren't too many people around & I knew he'd completed the same journey in aid of Sports Relief, I introduced myself and we chatted about the experience for about 15 minutes or so. Very nice chap he was too. His major piece of advice was to slap on the Chamois Cream! It's fair to say that before about 3 months ago I would have had no idea what he was talking about! For the uninitiated amongst you Chamois Cream is the long distance cyclists patron saint. It guards against the evils of chaffing, chapping, infection and boils. I was looking through the internet today in order to purchase a load more. I then spoke to Alan who said he'd already bought more than enough for us all. I really hope that's true! If you thought Sudocream was just for babies you also be wrong - I am advised that it should be applied nightly, again to ward off infection & to aid recovery. Is this all getting too much....... I have to say that I have my own supply of sudocream following our little jaunt to the Cotswold Hills and must agree, it did aid recovery, very soothing!
Up 'til now I have no divulged our route other than we are going end to end the wrong way. IE North to south, against the prevailing winds. Patrick had the excuse that the TV cameras wanted a nice picture of the sunset at lands end to finish their piece on, we have Alan to thank, his reasoning being that John O'Groats is so far away, no-one would be able to come & see us finish! Have to say he is absolutely right and we should be greeted by a few welcoming faces at Lands end on the 25th, we will be very grateful. The other reason was so we wouldn't get all the comments like, "Oh, wouldn't have gone that way! Have you seen that hill...mountain....all those trucks etc. There is no changing the route now, the accommodation is booked and we are set. Here it is then......
Day 1 - 14th June - John O'Groats to Lairg
Day 2 - 15th June - Laig to Drumnadrochit
Day 3 - 16th June - Drumnadrochit to Connel
Day 4 - 17th June - Connel to Largs
Day 5 - 18th June - Largs to Auldgirth (still in Scotland - its quite large is Scotland)
Day 6 - 19th June - Auldgirth to Carnforth
Day 7 - 20th June - Carnforth to Nantwich
Day 8 - 21st June - Nantwich to Hereford
Day 9 - 22nd June - Hereford to Axbridge
Day 10 - 23rd June - Axbridge to Crediton
Day 11 - 24th June - Crediton to Wadebridge
Day 12 - 25th June - Wadebridge to Lands End
We have some friends joining for the Auldgirth to Carnforth ride & another is thinking of doing the last three days but feel free to contact us if you'd like to join any of our sections, the more the merrier & we'll even let you go up front!
So, this will be about the last post before the big day, thanks for reading & thanks for your support!
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