My first post for a long time, and last one before we set off on Friday. Unfortunately this lack of communication hasn't been as a result of long hours training, more a case of lots of other stuff going on including a holiday (I like to think of it as warm-weather training). So in comparison to Jane (Land's End to John O'Groats), Chris (2 weeks hard core biking & mountain-biking in Switzerland) and Jeff (a chunk of the Tour de France as far as I can make out) I am seriously undercooked. Mind you Matthew, my 18-year old son, has done even less but does have youth on his side. And at least I haven't peaked too early.
I think most of the planning has been done. Fund-raising has been a great success thanks largely to Jane, and we are on schedule for a 7am departure from the north end of Westminster Bridge on Friday - say hello/goodbye if you are in the area. The liveried cars will be there, proudly festooned with bike racks and roofboxes, and we are hoping for 20+ outriders for the first 1% of the trip, as far as the office in Hampton for a bacon sarnie. From there we will thin down to about a dozen for the rest of Day 1 to Portsmouth, via a pub in Chiddingfold for lunch. Only the intrepid few catch the ferry to Caen......
I am really looking forward to this now. My worries are, in no particular order, my knee (giving me a bit of gip), hills, headwinds, and chafing. And did I mention chafing? Buy shares in Assos cream now.
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