Thursday 10 September 2009

Day 5 " Half way there "











Its half way and yet if it anything could go wrong it did today. Lets start with J P our very own civilian chief and little brother to WO1 (RSM) Tim Duckett from the stories Tim had passed on about JP not being the easiest person in the world to wake up in the morning yet he was given the chance to go home for the night and then meet up in the morning unfortunately JP wasn't able to get out of bed and kept the remainder of the team delayed by 1 hour due to trying to phone and ring his bell of his flat to wake him up.
First casualty of the week and due the driver of a car who we hope will donate some money to our cause Maj Neil Baguely suffered some minor injures as the driver of the car decided to cut in front of him and knock him off his bike yet the driver seemed more shuck up over it so after taking all the details of the driver Neil decided to get back on his bike and soldier on.
So after a slow start and a very long day going through some beautiful country side that's 208 half way through the Big ride and now with the Lakes and Scotland to go we can expect more hills and more sweat and tears before we reach our destination.









Day 4 " Race to Merseyside "

Well day 4 and with fantastic weather the cycle was good and and not so hilly as the previous days with easier roads to follow all the way to Ellesmere Port also getting visited by members of our unit to show there support