What`s Happening

So here`s the thing, yesterday I went to Wales to train, riding up some challenging climbs ( a huge thank you to Chis Carroll and Mark Crew) for driving me there. I lost my bloody phone, which as most of you know, in this day & age is such a huge inconvenience. Especially seeing as in 2 weeks time I am going to attempt to cycle for 24 hours straight through at Tescos Southampton Road Salisbury. Thank you to Stephen Magers & Tescos for your continued support. The 24 hour endurance ride will take place in the foyer at Tescos, starting at noon Thursday 10 May until noon Friday 11 May 2012. Hopefully Spire FM will be shouting out for us & inviting people to come along and see an old fool suffering. We`ll keep you posted and even tweet when I get a replacement phone (hoping my insurers aren`t too slow). We are hoping that we may be able to boost our fundraising total over that 24 hour period. TTFN.

Haven`t said much for sometime, there hasn`t been much to say. Since then, things have moved forward. On 10th April we had great pleasure in banking £1,158.16, taking the total we have raised to £17,846.56. If anyone would have told us that, when we were sat down planning all of this, we probably wouldn`t have believed them. Now due to the amazing public, even in these times of austerity WE believe it. So a MASSIVE (one for kneel) thanks to everyone who has shown interest, support or donated whatever the amount. Jamie has invested in a Tacx i-magic turbo that simulates rides in real life video. He has a route called Alpine classic, this is basically 90% of the route that we are riding on 30th June. It`s bloody savage & that`s putting it mildly. With close to 10 weeks before we ride Modane to Alpe d`Huez, we are trying to get as much training in as possible (quite difficult when you work shifts that overlap). On that note, now would be a very opportune moment to thank my long suffering partner, so on behalf of myself (Jamie) "Donna" I can never thank you enough for your support & words of wisdom. We have some more promotional cycles planned, dates & venues to follow. We are also hoping to get across to Wales to cycle over some CAT 1 mountains, to better prepare us for the lumps in France. Well that`s about it for now, so be well & "Ta-ta for now", I think that should be abbrieviated?