Final preparation

With just under two weeks before I start I'm beginning to get butterflies in my stomach, but remain fairly confident. I have finally got all accommodation booked and all the creases ironed out in the route, however I feel I definitely haven't trained as much as I would have liked. I aim to complete a 40 mile or so ride tomorrow with all the kit to see how the bike handles, and then to get myself over to Nottingham for the weekend for an extended bike ride.

Sponsorship is going extremely well, currently standing at £447, and so I hope to hit my target of £500.

As Tom Petty once said "the waiting is the hardest part"

3 Weeks!

Yes my dears I really do only have around 3 weeks before I head off to Lands End to start this trip. I hope to complete a few training sessions after the weekend to test the kit and to get some miles into my legs, however I still suspect I've not really done enough training (hopefully the first few days will get my legs warmed up though!).

I had an interview with the local paper (Cambs Times) on Monday, which went really well. I ended up being interviewed by an old school friend, Vikki Speed, which also gave us a brief chance to catch up (The article can be found on http://tinyurl.com/n7nynt).

I should hopefully be able to provide some kit pictures in the next few weeks as well.

the day draws closer

So how have I been getting on I here you cry? (In all truth it's probably me that has been doing the metaphorical crying of late, but lets not get picky)

Well I've now booked all of the campsites, with one exception remaining in Scotland. On the gear front I have now assembled the majority of my gear, with the guys at Alpkit and Howies having been a great help with kitting me out (God knows how much I've spent but you pay for quality). I shall upload some images in the near future of the final kit list, which includes amongst other things my first goose down sleeping bag and accompanying bivvy bag.

I now have around £300 raised and aim to raise my target of £500 in the next few weeks.

Night all