Deloitte RAB 2012

The final day dawns and the excitement around the camp is tangible. This would be the day we reached the end of our journey, the last day of riding 100 miles on my bike. (Let’s face it, after this it might be the last time I ever get on my bike...)

Unsurprisingly, after yesterday’s epic day, I slept in – PANIC! Apparently the Proclaimers had been playing but I hadn’t heard a thing and I now know I wasn’t the only one. I awoke to find it light and knew immediately that something wasn’t right. At 5

Breakfast at just after 5am and I was lucky enough to sit with brilliant but slightly bleary eyed Scottish skier Alain Baxter for breakfast who had taken a train at around 4 this morning to ride with us today, hmm not the best choice of day, hope that was

After yesterday’s battle, ‘Don’t stop believing’ rang out this morning! The day dawned a little damp but it soon dried up. The roads were flat and wide and today we made good time throughout, which was lucky as today was the day my mother was waiting at

Day 5 did not start well, despite the ‘Eye of the Tiger’ wake up call. We were sodden, from the moment we started it was literally pouring down our faces, we could barely see. My feet were swimming in my shoes despite the ’waterproof’ overshoes and my h

Day 4 is uneventful. Along the 106 miles from Ludlow to Haydock race courses, the terrain is the flattest of the trip, the weather is reasonable but I still manage to have a bad day. I’m just exhausted having ridden over 400 miles and beginning to wonde

The atmosphere at breakfast this morning was more upbeat, an easier day was expected and needed by all. At the start our groups had gained a few members and lost a couple – the riders are still finding their feet and their pace and the groups are still c

Having been woken by the dulcet tones of PJ & Duncan (yes Ant & Dec as we know them now) singing ‘Let’s get ready to rumble’ and really thinking that Kelly Clarkson’s ‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’ might be more appropriate....I got to the sta

What have I done? That was a long hard day in the saddle and there are 8 more to go...

So I had hoped to give you a blow by blow, day by day account of the Deloitte RAB Lands End to John O’ Groats cycle ride but due to some, shall we say, ‘velocity issues’ – more about those later – that proved to be rather difficult! However, you will all