Weeks are flying by at the moment with now only 7 weeks to go!!
The weather was stunning this weekend which gave us ample opportunity to get out on the bikes: First ride was our first one out with Luke - hurrah! Us 4 fellas took our mountain bikes on a 16 mile round trip, off road and on with a stop at Barford Farm http://www.barford-icecream.co.uk/ for delicious ice creams - goof value too! Luke then had South Dorset cricket practice at Lychett school between 5-7pm, so i took my bike & headed out while he played - i wasn't really sure where i was heading, but went north through Lychett Matravers onwards for a couple of miles & then saw a sign for Wareham & decided to go there - 23 miles in all as the sun was going down - enjoyed the ride & got a good speed throughout!
Sunday was always planned to be a 60 miler day with Sam - we got delayed going out as the Grand Prix was slowed due to rain in Malaysia!! We decided to extend our 50 miler from 2 weeks ago - it was great to be out in just bib shorts & top and not all the layers of the past few months!! We climbed our big hill at Iwerne Minster (no singing, not even Bon Jovi, for me up there - so it must have been hard graft!) & then headed off towards Handley - poor Sam had a twinge in his calf, so we cut short & headed home via Horton & still got a good average and did just under 49 miles - good shout! Still determined to clear 60 for the day, i headed out for what we call the Bidy ride & added another 14 miles to the tally & i was pleased with my average there too. As ever, our riding was rounded off by a fabulous Tea cooked by Linsey - thanks!!
So over 100 miles for the weekend, but as someone said at work today, you'll be doing that on your first day!! :)
Now the clocks have changed this week's evening ride with Sam & Jack can be out into the countryside, so we're looking forward to that!
With Gift Aid, I'm upto £2,900 so I'm really close to £3k - thanks everyone!! If you still want to sponsor me, the link is www.virginmoneygiving.com/AndyNeill
Best Wishes
Andy
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