Final preparations

Only 1 week to go!  We went on our final long training ride today.  52 miles to Edgehill carrying full panniers.   this was quite a hard day’s riding with some serious climbs but it went well.  Lunch at the National Herb Centre was excellent.  Weather was fantastic once again although we worry that it can’t last.  The Daily Mail today is forecasting a further 4 weeks of fine weather – we shall see!  Unfortunately for us the prevailing wind has moved from the North to the South West.  although this makes it warmer,  we will not be wind-assisted coming South :-(

Tomorrow we will take the bikes to be serviced and possibly do a short ride on Wednesday to check they are OK.  the remainder of the week will be spent resting and getting packed ready to leave on Sunday. 

Sponsorship has started to pick up and we are only £100 short of our target. 

Peter