Lands End to John O'Groats August 2011

On August 23 forty-somethings Richard Ellis, Jim Pendrill, Graham Taylor and Nigel Britton are setting out to cycle the length of Britain in just 9 days to show they're not quite over the hill yet - and raise loads of money for Prostate Cancer.

Sunday, 14 August 2011

Final warm-up

With just nine days to go our intrepid quartet set out for a final warm-up over the Cheshire plains today - well at least that was the original plan, however Graham 'Lance' Taylor decided to get in some last minute hillwork so he took his wife on a tour of the Goyt Valley instead. There's just no pleasing some people.
The remaining boys racked up a swift 50 miles which incorporated a very pleasant coffee stop at Nigel's sister's house in Knutsford, followed by an equally pleasant BBQ at Richard's house where we compared the size of our saddle bags and made some last minute packing adjustments. At this point Richard realised he had made some serious overpacking errors and will now spend the entire week trying to reach his fight weight.
The day was also marked by the arresting sight of doctor Kate Sutton successfully changing a back tyre after Jim punctured on the home straight today. Kate will be joining us for the Scottish leg of the journey with Richard's wife Janine (driving ahead in the team van but doing the odd touch of cycling) but decided she needed some much-needed wheel-changing experience in case she is abandoned on some remote Scottish moor.
Watch this space for more action-packed updates on Richard's packing this week.




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7 comments:

  1. pie man14 August 2011 at 23:04

    Looking smart in our costumes men, but why is Jim wearing my shirt? And how did Richard manage to squeeze into Jim's?

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  2. Pastry girl14 August 2011 at 23:04

    It looks like a knobbly knees competition at Butlins....

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  3. Nigel16 August 2011 at 17:08

    Less than a week to go .... tell me again why this seemed like a good idea

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  4. Pastry girl16 August 2011 at 22:56

    You will breeze it Nigel!
    Jim - in your about me are you really talking about my husband? Sharing a love of exercise??? What has happened to him?
    The van drivers helped Jim with some serious carb loading tonight at Fosters after training. Always willing to do our bit mo matter how tough it is.....

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  5. Eomerman17 August 2011 at 07:35

    Good luck, have fun and pedal safe!!

    PS: Avoid going over the speed limit! Not nice to get a speeding ticket... On a bike... ;)

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  6. Guiness Girl22 August 2011 at 21:45

    Breaking news....the current record holder for LE2JOG may just have successfully thwarted the current attempt on his record by sending two beer monsters acting as under cover nutritionalists to ply half the team with Guiness, stating the high nutritional value of the fluid, a nameless source has revealed. The duo from Helsby have refused to comment!

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  7. Guiness Girl22 August 2011 at 22:06

    Stop press….Roger Davies & Sam Wakeling let out a great sigh of relief as recent photographs combined with a close to the heart source has confirmed that none of our elite athletes will be using just one wheel to navigate the route.
    Their record of 6 days, 8 hours and 43 minutes will remain on the shelf.

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