As some of you may know Quentin has embarked on a bike ride across Britain - starting at John O' Groats this morning and finishing (we hope!) at Lands End on Sunday 20th June – some 1000 odd miles and 72k foot of climb - a desperate attempt to lose weight, fight off old age and calm down his mid life crisis (and possibly avoid the start of the world cup, not to mention childcare!)

Needless to say any money he can raise in the process is a benefit so begging cap in hand...
He is a Trustee of a charity called Access Sport (www.accesssport.co.uk) which helps take kids off the streets through funding community sports clubs so that is one cause we'd like you to help and the other is a charity called Woodland Trust (www.woodlandtrust.org.uk ) which he has selected to remember 2 very good friends of ours who died last year, before their time, and thought it would be nice to have some permanent reminders of their lives out there in the countryside.
So the choice is yours, either are great causes and you can get some sense of perverse pleasure thinking about the damage to his backside that the whole event is going to cause...

Thanks a lot for your support.

Monday, 21 June 2010

Day 9 - LAND'S END!








"The last morning begins - algy in bed and me returning from the medic. 95 miles to go!"
OK day has started well - everyone feeling better and the end in sight.

Talking of sights boys seem to have made the day a veritable sight-seeing stop off tour - St Micheal's Mount, Tesco's in Truro for egg and bacon and sausage butties X 2! (Health kick out the window then!). So all going dandy until Algy loses 1, then 2 and then a 3rd spoke off bike - last 20 miles looking worrying....

Meanwhile surprise welcoming party wondering where the hell they are as we get burnt in land's end - then they appear and we all go wild - luckily neither of them fall off in surprise and successfully cross the finish line!

It is done and dusted and photos, blisters and glazed look in both their eyes prove it...till the next one!

"I am never going to exercise again...in my life"




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