Waiting

It now seems that we have broken the back of the planning stage for the ride in July and we are now waiting for the day we start to come around.

We have most of the overnight stays sorted for free. These are with lots of different places. Quite a few are at Fire Stations, some are in Church Halls and a couple are even in decent hotels. We have managed so far to get all these stays for free which is something that I never thought would be possible when we started the ball rolling back in September last year. I don't think any of us would have bothered if we knew just how much work it would take!

We have also managed to secure lots of support and sponsorship money from local businesses in the local area, and some not so local (thanks Dad). Without this money we wouldn't be able to even think about starting the ride due to the large costs of support vehicles, food and the big one, fuel. So I must say thanks to all the people who have taken the time and given money to us. We owe you a great debt.

I have even managed to design the Team shirt, after many reworks this is now with being OK'd by the manufacturer and hopefully it won't be long until we will be wearing these on our training runs. (Though I was told today that one member of the Team wouldn't wear it as it was in Blues colours. I guess you can't please everyone.)

The sheer enormity of actually pedaling 1000 miles is now starting to hit home with everyone, well everyone except Keith who could cycle to the moon and back in one day. We have to consistently cycle for 80 ish miles everyday for 12 days. It's going to be very hard and I for one am struggling to do enough training to feel confident. There just aren't enough fair weather hours in the day at the moment and even if there were then I still don't know if I could fit it all in.

"Keith, come back!"

The four riders still haven't ridden together yet, Daddy Davies still hasn't stopped falling off his bike yet! So with this in mind we are all getting together on Thursday for a quick 65 mile run to Malvern and back. (Speaking of backs, John did his in on the last Malvern ride)
There is competition between myself, Dave and Paul to not be the last back, so watch this space!!!