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.
Monday, 22 August 2011
Ready to go!
Well we've made it to beautiful Sennon Cove just a mile or so from Land's End and are enjoying a very pleasant pint in the Old Success Inn!
Richard and Nigel have had a bath after their 80s festival weekend in Henley so at least we're all nice and clean before we start! Graham and I nearly missed our train connections as we headed down from Wilmslow but four trains later we somehow made it, though we all agree that Cornwall desperately needs a faster rail connection!
Thoughts now turn to breakfast and negotiations are ongoing with the landlord as to whether we can bring forward the start time of 8.30 as Graham "lance" Taylor is keen to get pedalling. Watch this space for the cheesy photo at Land's end in the morning.
Meanwhile thanks for all the donations that are flooding in - no pressure!
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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!
ReplyDeleteStop 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.
ReplyDeleteTheir record of 6 days, 8 hours and 43 minutes will remain on the shelf.