Finally finished! Thanks to everyone for their support and good wishes. Watch this space as I will fill in the blog gaps and post a load more photos of the trip. Off for some champagne, beer and a hangover (tomorrow)!
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Aug
09
The Last Day? (Part 1)
We set off early (pre 7am) to try to avoid some of the worst of the traffic as overnight both Vince and I had come to the same conclusion – that we would save some miles and some hills by taking the dreaded A30!
Jul
21
ne ne 9 days to go
well got round to getting the bike serviced…it came back after 2 days and wallet minus 2 and a few 00′s less. bargain tyres at £40 each but was told they do have a small motor hidden in each one – so must be worth it! The bike is looking so fandabbydozzy that thought I …
Jul
02
Time Trials
So managed to dust the time trial bike off on Tuesday and went down to the ringwood – sopley 10 miler…thought there was a slight wind but nothing that would really affect the time trial…so off I set…at what I thought to be a quick pace (~25mph) until the turn then I realised why my …
May
29
East 17
(All Wight, All Wight, Everything is gonna be All Wight)!!! I apologise for that, but the boys all safely completed the IOW double! Carl had a run in with a car, and it was a close call which would come out the worst! Both apparently were unharmed. Sunday started much brighter than yesterday, and with slightly …
Feb
23
Training..training..training
Gents, Have started to put together a beginning to the training (to assist), so very rough ones uploaded to the training section. Is flexible so get back to me if finding it too easy! Also have some riding techniques papers which will photocopy and give to you all on how to best ride hills (up …
Jan
19
2011 and the training…
Have been thinking hard on how to motivate the boys and we have agreed to put some dates in the Calander as checkpoints, have been trawling web and have some ‘nice’ events in mind…these will be propositioned shortly but will include another trek around the IOW which I “know” will be enjoyed by Diva Dean!!!
