It all started in 2009. Being a fat bastard back then (nearly 16 stone) I decided, without doing any proper training, to enter myself for a London to Paris bike ride. 300 miles in 4 days. I found it relatively easy although at times some of the hills were killers. In the process I raised over £4,000 for Pancreatic Cancer UK, all in memory of my Dad, who died when I was 19 - he was 47.
At the end of that blog I ponder what next...? And here I am - the best way, in my opinion, to do something is to do it, not just say you're going to. So I said, for a laugh, I'd to John O'Groats to Land's End...and now I am starting to the ball rolling. This trip is planned for June 2012 and so far I have one definite and two possibles, I have roped in my brother and a friend to do some driving in s support van, my wife will have her and the family's holiday at the end of the trip, near my Mum and Step-Dad's in Cornwall. I still have to think about which corporate partners to approach, bike, sponsors, charity etc...
Today was the first day of me taking some time out to consider the route and this is now the rough outline I am looking at (rough mileage per day after town/city name)
John O Groats
Brora 63 Sat 26th May
Inverness 55 Sun 27th May
Dalwhinnie 56 Mon 28th May
Crieff 57 Tues 29th May
Lanark 57 Weds 30th May
Greta 65 Thurs 31st May
Kendal 54 Fri 1st June
Wigan 60 Sat 2nd June
Shrewsbury 64 Sun 3rd June
Malvern 56 Mon 4th June
Bath 59 Tues 5th June
Honiton 62 Weds 6th June
Launceston 59 Thurs 7th June
Newquay 40 Fri 8th June
Land's End 43 Sat 9th June
So the ball has started rolling. This is all going to happen now, June 2012, just not quite sure exactly when or how.
GREAT.
