Pre Match Nerves

Excitement and fear, the age old aperitif of physical exertion, is well upon me. Excitement at the adventure and fear of the hills. More excitement, I love train journeys - not too much to be scared of there though - Duncan banging on about Everton losing might be a bit of a pain.

Ouch

This is a test post from the mobile phone - don't worry - this won't be a lycra drenched techie cyclist blog. Anyway, what you are looking at is 120 quid's worth of new crankset necessary (so the bike shop said) as I broke my crank this morning. Looks like I won't be eating until payday.

At last!

The grand depart is at last almost upon us! After frantic and impressive behind the scenes telephone action, Duncan managed to secure passage for 4 riders and 4 bikes on the Virgin West Coast service. A massive thankyou to Elsa Redpath MBE and Minesh Chauhan at Virgin for their help and generosity in getting us on our way. It's been both reassuring and refreshing to deal with a forward thinking and adaptable travel company.

We'll use the mobile phone camera to upload a few pics as we go - so you should be able to see our progress (presuming that we make some).

Let's not forget why we're doing this - you can visit our secure sponsorship pages on the link below and donate if you haven't already. A big thanks from all the team to those who have sponsored us so far.

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