Both Andy and I want to say a very big thank you to everyone who sponsored us on the E2E ride (Lands End to John o’Groats) which we did back in May. In case you didn”t know, we were raising funds for Beechwood Cancer Care Centre in Stockport. The final total (without gift aid) is £6,520.94 which gives a total of £7,625.54 with gift aid. This is a huge figure and we really want to thank everyone who contributed, it…
Having got back to work and back into ‘real’ life again, I found that most people have asked me the same question: “What were the best bits and what were the worst bits?”. Having been away for just over three weeks, there were so many ‘bits’ to consider that I actually found it quite hard to answer! The Worst Bits The worst bits were running out of energy (which cyclists called The Bonk!) and feeling terrible! For those of you…
Before moving on with our blog I thought it worth having a last reflection on the End-to-End experience. Apart from the satisfaction of completing an iconic ride, what are my E2E reflections? What did I get out of the trip? I am amazed that the trip went so quickly for a start and that we lost all sense of what day it was. It was great to be able to put to one side events in the news that normally…
E2E Day 23. We had planned to drop our bikes off at the local bike shop in Wick for them to be shipped home. This turned out not to be quite as smooth as hoped. When we arrived at the agreed time, the shop was shut! The guy finally turned up but insisted on being paid cash to pack the bikes up and then said that it wouldn’t be until next week as he was busy – let’s hope we…
E2E Day 22. Leaving Helmsdale Youth Hostel took us straight up a big long hill! Along the A9 and then onto the A99. After a while we turned off the main road and set off down some minor roads towards Watten where we had planned to have lunch. The scenery was a lot more bleak now. The was a section where there were sheep & lambs roaming around, so we had to be careful that they didn’t run across in…
