Progress Report on the Bike Ride

The bike ride begins on 2nd April, and there have probably been tears already as members of the team have been making training runs in wet and windy weather conditions. Except for Ste in Florida, where riding a bike must seem a lot easier. The good news is that fund raising on the Just Giving page has already exceeded the £5000 target, and is likely to go over £6000, with some sponsorships added. Ben suggests that we leave the target at £5000 and see how much more than 100% they can give. Even the Disney Corporation are playing a part, since they are flying Ste in for the event first class: and his bike. Meanwhile it is rumoured that local cycle shops have run out of padded shorts. We'll keep you posted and the plan once we start is to give a daily blog as we make our way through Cheshire and Wales, across the sea to Ireland, and finally to Cork. Incidentally, we will be met there by Nick's old doctoral supervisor and director of Cork's Centre for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry, Professor John Sodeau. At the moment our minds are preoccupied with cycling gear, camp sites, sleeping bags, tents and how to cook the porridge.