Sun is up in Calais

Nous Somme en France! It's taken a lot of planing and scheming to get to this point, feels great to be here ready to go. I bloody love France, feels like a second home, there is something right about the people, the pays and the way of life.

It was very very windy here last night, we're staying right by the beach so hope it will be less windy today inland. Rode a mile on the seafront last night to check the machine that is about to inflict 700 miles of pain to my backside was fully functioning after the drive. All good to go.

Al that remains to be done is load up on Scottish porridge oats, slap on the suncreen, wake up snoring support man, and go for a paddle in le manche.

More this evening when I find the cold beer and WiFi. On y va, (for Scotland Steffan).

Le Route Sud

Here's the rough route I will be following. Will keep each day flexible though to allow for weather, wind direction and how I'm feeling.

DAY	When	Miles	Start Point
1	Sat 26th May	100	Calais
2	Sun 27th May	100	Peronne
3	Mon 28th May	125	Epernay
4	Tue 29th May	90	Langres
5	Wed 30th May	105	Chalon-sur-Saone
6	Thur 31st May	120	Vienne
7	Fri 1st June	60	Châteauneuf-du-Pape
		FINISH	Saintes-Marie-de-la-Mer
	TOTAL	700

Half an idea to try and get up Mont Ventoux if time allows on the last day, or perhaps after a couple of Days rest in Arles.

Worcester Marathon

All that running training paid off with a nice PB of 3 hrs 42 in the marathon on 15 th April. Back into full training this week after an easy week, but not getting much time on the bike!

Ferry is booked for the trip and sponsorship is rolling in, thanks for all the generous donations so far :)

March Training

With  the Worcester Marathon in less than 2 weeks, it's been a long three months training, but I've enjoyed every minute this year. During the summer like weather last week I followed a 21 mile run with a 70 mileride on Monday, and then a 95 mile ride on Tuesday.

Over the psychological hurdle now, just need to make sure I get some bike miles in properly after this marathon......

oh and actually plan the small details of the trip!

First post

I'm testing out mobile blogging, so I can keep my sponsors updated on the trip