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Setting off today

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BSC2Cday.jpgA short ride to York Station is about as far as my cycling takes me today. The three o’clock train takes me to Newcastle and then on to Whitehaven, arriving at 7.23pm.

Before I go, I’m on BBC Radio York at about 10.30am for an interview with Jonathan Cowap in the Bootham Row Car Park – form a crowd if you want to cheer me off!!

I set off from Whitehaven, heading for Penrith, tomorrow morning. You can follow my progress on this blog.

The weather forecasts are good and the sun cream is already packed. Am I looking forward to the ride – you bet.

The sponsorship totals are rising but if you haven’t made your contribution yet, here are the links:

C2CforRLTC

C2CFunziBodo

All gleaming and ready to go

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I’ve spent the afternoon checking, cleaning and lubricating the bike. It gleams. I’m cycling out to a meeting in Dunnington tonight and that’s it until I arrive in Whitehaven tomorrow evening.

Low gear and thirty miles

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Low gear

The shiny bit is the low gear

A call from Cycle Heaven (on earth). The lower gear had arrived and if I took my bike round to the shop they could fit it. It was fixed in no time and so I took off on a thirty mile bash just to make sure my muscles knew what to do and to check that gear changes were were working. Both are in good condition.

A few new donations today too – please keep giving and lets raise these much needed funds. Click here for the links and some background information.

Sitting target

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Barrie at DS5I’ve been away at a digital storytelling event in Aberystwyth this week which has limited the time for cycling – and I set off for my Coast 2 Coast ride next Tuesday. I don’t feel as practiced as I should do. So I’m about to set off a for a few miles of training.

While I’m out it would be great if there was an increase in the donations. Just click on one of these charities and catch up with why I’m doing this 140 mile ride next week.

Riding Lights Theatre Company

Funzi and Bodo Trust

Gear ordered

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Shop exterior sm.jpgSometimes as I hit the steepest gradients no amount of weight or muscle power will turn the pedals. So with the experience of my Yorkshire Dales cycle ride in 2008 I visited my local bike shop – Cycle Heaven – for advice. I could fit a smaller chainring on my crankset. So there’s one on order which will hopefully give me that lower gear for the hills.

If this is all too technical for you – this isn’t technical at all. I’m cycling Coast to Coast to raise money for two charities. Visit the Justgiving pages I have set up and be kind enough to make a donation. Let me assure that none of this money is going into the cost of a new chainwheel. Every penny you donate goes to the charity except for a small admin cost taken by the website.

Funzi and Bodo Trust – funding medical help for a community stricken by cholera

Riding Lights Theatre Company – funding adventurous theatre productions by this Christian based company