Thank you to Julian who organised the dress down day in the office today and a massive


Thank You


to every one who donated today.....

Together we have raised a total of £370.35p to put towards this great cause.

Remember - if you give a little you'll help a lot.

The Tour de Butlins riders

:-)

PS Pic is not representative of any riders participating in this years Tour de Butlins.....

A fake sits here...

My legs hurt - no, not from cycling dear readers but from the fact for the first time in months I did some gentle exercise. No, I'm not riding with these guys, I would struggle to do a couple of miles let alone 490!!!!

So why I am on here - the lovely, if not ever so slightly competitve Niki 'lets kill Jon on the Go-karts' Birkin invited me as I am the man /boy [delete as appropiate] from Minehead who is hoping to make sure their stay on Resort a breeze and they have as much support as possible during their long, long ride. I feel like a complete fake, I'm not out there training in all weathers, I can walk with-out large strides and I haven't been on a bike since the gym last year, however if I can, I said to Niki I will join the ride in Williton where I live and cycle the final 8.2 miles to Minehead to show my support - or I will join at Tesco in Minehead approx 2 minutes form Resort.

Good luck riders, I hope everything goes well and I hope you are all surviving the training, my donation will be on the way soon......

Jon

Wind and male pride

What is it with wind, it's always a headwind making cycling doubly difficult! This morning the trees were hardly moving but around four foot above ground there was a strong wind blowing directly at me whichever direction I was going in. And I bet you it won't be a tail wind helping me on the way home.......

I passed a guy on a bike today, it wasn't as if I was being competitive, he was just going slower than me. Next thing I hear this creaking sound and he passes me saying "sorry I just can't have that" - shortly after he turned off. Why!?

Anyway my new bike is fab - really fast compared to my mountain bike with nobbly tyres. I made it in 10 minds quicker. Thank you Evans for sorting it out eventually, I think this new one is better than the original.

Here's hoping the rain holds off for the ride home......

Some good news....

At last today I spoke to someone at Evans Cycles who was actually helpful! I have chosen a substitute for my dented Dew Deluxe and all being well it will be with me on Wednesday - keep your fingers crossed.

Meanwhile I did ride in today along the canal on my trusty knobbly tyred steed. It's a lovely afternoon so the ride home should be very pleasant.

Welcome to the Blog Katherine, I'm glad you worked it all out :-)

I'm here!

Took me while I know but I've finally made it on here! Just to add my thoughts/share the pain/kepp you all updated. Been getting a fair few miles going now plus the general fitness training, countdown to the start is looming ever closer! Motivation's wavering I must admit: as soon as the padded shorts go on my body seems to know what's coming next...ouch! :-) Thank you Jason for the pep talk this afternoon. To fill the rest of you in, he's threatened to chase me with a big stick to keep my sprits up (the mental image which that coveys is enough to make anyone pedal faster!) Sorry lovely! :-)

Looking forward to the middle of May to the prelim team ride tho. Be lovely to get together for a trial one-day ride.

Nice to be on here. Nicky - am praying for you that Pedro listens and delivers your bike soon, loving mine currently! Off out for a long ride on my day off tomorrow tho, hope the rain stays away. x

Heavy legs

Rode home the long way yesterday and had a little spin through Ashridge in the sunshine - very nice. My legs took some persuading this morning but once we were out they seemed to work ok, a little slower than yesterday though! Have come to the conclusion that mtb tyres are not good for riding on the road. Hurry up Pedro and get my bike sorted out!

Brrrrrrr!

There was a light scattering of snow again this morning but not enough to use as an excuse not to ride in to work! Once we were off and going actually it was quite nice, except for loony car drivers. Hopefully it will dry out a bit and the canal will be a much better option - I'm avoiding it while it's wet and muddy, wet mud is not a good look to wear in the office!