7 Days to go until Ride one, the Anglesey loop and home.  Only managed a small run and training for 45 minutes on the turbo trainer as was away on holiday.   Had some great carb loading exercise though in Italy.  Really need to spin the legs before Sundays big distance....

Thank you so much Rob Lou Cynth & Dave  XXXX

Ride one is penciled in to diary,  going to head down to Bangor Saturday 6th June to start pedalling early as sun up on Sunday 7th. Cycling to Wrexham first to catch the Holyhead train.

Never been on a train with the bike before.

Really weird to have to plan this around an overnight stay.  Literally have to think and plan for everything like a disposable toothbrush, chargers for phone and garmin and will have to sleep in the cycling gear  urghh !!  Apologies to my very understanding wife Debby! I might pong a bit when I see you late on Sunday night xxxx

A few miles under the belt this week. Training for the first of the big 4..

about 110 miles around the Sutton Coldfield area.

A few pics....

My new cycling gear.....  haha   !!

Training day today, which was supposed to be a 100 mile trip to Bala and back again but ending up being a soggy wet and very windy usual 37 mile circuit of Ruyton XI Towns, Baschurch & Wem.  I feel deflated and frustrated that I could not get some decent miles in to get ready for the first of my Big 4 days cycling.

Onwards and upwards as they say.  Hoping to get the Anglesey day sorted by end of May  fingers & toes crossed !

We are off and running already,  thank you so much Shaun for the very kind donation....

Weather looks a bit dodgy so I may have to change the routes around and have a crack at the Anglesey one instead of the Spurn Point !!!

Hi,

Thank you for visiting my blog. I will be adding stories and pictures from the 4 days I plan to raise for 2 charities.

Hope House Childrens Hospice

and

Help For Heroes

My plan is to try to do 4 days of cycling totalling 1,000 km over the next 3 months ending with the Prudential Ride London 100 on 2nd August.

The 3 days (training) will be the harder and longer rides to get done though.

First I want to ride from/to Blackpool Central Pier on the west coast from/to the lighthouse at Spurn Point near Hull on the east coast in one day. The hard part might be carrying my bike 2 miles over the sand as the point had been washed away in 2013 by the storms and sometimes is not safe to cross.  I might do west to east or east to west ??  Total is around 170 miles.

Training day 2 is a 170 mile circuit of the outer roads around Anglesey starting at the Menai Bridge and then through North Wales via Betws Y Coed and Llangollen back home to Ellesmere, Shropshire.

Next will be the longest day, a 190 mile ride from the southern most part of Wales at Barry Island to the northern point of Wales at Talacre, near Prestatyn.

Last is the Prudential Ride London 100 miler finishing on the Mall outside Buckingham Palace on 2nd August.

YOU CAN DONATE HERE    http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/RichardOwen

Thank you for your support.  rich  xx