Round up

What a great trip we had...  weather wasn't great but did it matter, no not really, would i do something like this again?  hell yes,  yes i had my down moments (we all did) but isn't that what makes going away special, makes you see things around you at home differently.

I meet some really great people and changed my opinion of a country so all in all it can't be bad.


A couple of nurd facts for you!

• 1,027 miles ... 
• 222,580 pedal strokes (no i wasn't counting! but the garmin does) 
• 32,014 calories burnt, 
• 60,302 ft of climbing
• 111 Hrs in the saddle 
• 2 punchers 1 front + 1 rear
• 1 set of cleats wore out
• 1 set of pads were new but now nearly shot
• 1 broken spoke
• 0.6 Kg lighter than when i started! 
• 75 GB of video!  its going to be a while to put something together

The group as a whole had 

• 4 more punchers, 
• a few sets of blocks 
• and a broken rear wheel rim. 
• 1 broken gear cable
• 1 cut lock (keys help! ha ha) ... is this your bike no! 
• a couple of off's (prating around)

Not bad for 11 cyclists riding around 11,000 miles. 

Reckon I've lost the weight from my face... all that grinning on the decent's!

As you can probably tell I had an absolutely fantastic time.

Many thanks to Craig and Emma for organizing it, and Sean, Louise, Colin, Barry, Al, Duffers, Martin, Christian and Chuggy for making it so memorable and to top it all off we've raised over 2 grand for the Cornwall air ambulance.

Can't be bad.