I shall be hitting the road to Ripon within the hour to meet up with the other Challenge team members for a final get-together before the "off" in 12 days time. My form is still not great but as long as I take things steadily I reckon I shall be ok – I shall use the first 2 weeks as preparation for the second two (a method that apparently Greg LeMond used to use too). The new kit we have had manufactured by Owayo is expected to be with us by 9th. It is a pity we won't have it for this week-end because it features the logos of our sponsors but we do have the jerseys supplied by Parkinson's UK which will enable us to do some promotional work – mainly in the form of photo shoots. It promises to be warm and sunny but I hope this doesn't mean that by the time the Challenge starts all our quota of fine weather will have been used up.
David is putting on a BBQ for us all this evening and tomorrow we shall roll out into the North Yorkshire moors for our first ride together. Then on Sunday, the original plan was to meet the Archbishop of Ripon but he has had to cry off sick so I expect we shall just go for another ride before returning home sometime that evening.
The donations are still rolling in and the original target has already been surpassed. We have now set a new target and are hopeful of achieving that as well.
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