It's official!

Done it! 50 miles in 4hrs 36 min RT!

Lewis and I have done it! It wasn't as painful as we expected and we were very lucky to have a lovely day. It was sunny and warm and slightly painful! My arse came off worse closely followed by my thigh muscles but all in all we got through it very well and ahead of schedule all the way through the various stages. We stopped about 4 times with the biggest break being at Claines church where we sat and ate our sandwiches in the churchyard. Gilda met us there with supplies of water and grub! It was great except evey time we rang Gilda to tell her where we would be for lunch she was either on the phone yapping to someone or in the shower! Never mind we got her eventually and it didn't take her long to come out! Near the end Lewis and I decided we would finish at the Rose and Crown Pub about 1 mile from home so we rang Gilda to let her know and so she could tell others. Could we get her - NO. In the end we left a message about 1 hr away from landing. When we arrived at the pub we looked everywhere but there was no sign of anyone that we knew! Bit of a letdown really! Anyway we rang her and she came out with Marina and John which was nice.

We are very proud of ourselves and have raised more than £1200 for the BHF! Not bad for an old bloke hey?

Wednesday 22nd August 2007

Count down to 50 mile ride!

Only 3 days left, better start training!

I keep telling Rod not to leave his bone lying around where someone could trip over it! Greedy sod! Lazy sod actually! Good fly tyer though!

Fund raising update!

Well, today is my birthday and I'm as happy as I can be despite being 56!

There are just 4 days to go before my 50 mile cycle ride and I have being training fairly hard. I've managed 50 - 60 miles per week and individual rides of up to 27 miles. Lewis hasn't trained anywhere nearly as much as I have so I am a bit concerned that he may not make it!

Sponsorship is going great guns. To date I have been promised in excess of £900! My target was £500 but I am now changing it to £1000. If you are reading this and haven't sponsored me yet then please go to the link on the page below.

I will update this blog after Saturday when the pain has subsided!