Sandhurst Support

Lt Col Peter McCutcheon MBE, Commandant of Old College, RMA Sandhurst, hosted all 8 riders on Sunday 23rd May for a photo shoot with 5 officer cadets from Commissioning Course 102.


We could not have asked for a finer setting, steeped in tradition with blazing sunshine as you will see from the photos below...

Many thanks gentlemen, and best of luck for the course and your future careers.

Basic's of the route...

Start date from Lands End - 23rd June

Stopping the night at

23 Sourton Cross
24 Weston Super Mare
25 Ludlow
26 Warrington
27 Kendal
28 Johnstonebridge
29 Luss
30 Invergarry
1 Golspie
2 John O'Groats

		LEJOG 2010
	Stage	Distance (miles)	Climb (feet)	Descent (feet)
	1	99.4	5,865	4,937
	2	80.6	3,264	4,203
	3	97.2	4,333	4,070
	4	88.3	2,156	2,402
	5	73.6	2,017	1,902
	6	81.2	3,456	3,364
	7	94.2	2,838	3,002
	8	97.8	4,146	4,104
	9	91.1	3,623	3,754
	10	70.3	3,615	3,573
		873.7	35,313	35,311

Simon the Train Spotter

Big girls blouse was one of the names I was called... And quite rightly...

Lovely ride out to Alton so Foz could buy some cable cutters.

No let your fingers do the walking for Foz. Nil stock!

I have caught the train back as my left knee is giving me real gyp and am feeling awful. Maybe lack of food or dehydration. Maybe the way Foz put his hand on my bottom on the way up one climb?

Whatever reason, I bloused out.

I am hanging my head in shame whilst waiting for the train.


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Location:Alton

Cotswolds training Day 2

We lost Glyn & Terry after the first ride so Matt, Steve & Simon went to the ski club to rehydrate followed by Chilli and wine at Steve's...

Sunday brought Howard into the fold so 4 plucky chaps emerged into a rotten forecast...

30 miles to the quaint market town of Burford and a tea shop stop.

Matt would not share his scrambled egg so we were all chuffed that he got indegestion!

Knee pain for Simon was not a good sign for the last 20 miles..

Jackets on for the last 15 miles as the heavens opened... All fairly visible except for Steve, our very own Milk Tray man!






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Cotswolds Ride Day 1

90 miles was the plan for the intrepid chaps...Matt, Steve, Glyn, Simon & Terry.

As you can see from the photo the sun was out and everyone in fine form..

The route is below with the usual elevation and speed data, along with usual horrific Heart Rate info...

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/33362077

The hills were front loaded in the route and it was quite a relief to get out of them!

Slight hiccup with Simon's route was the merryment enjoyed when we had to cross a railway line with Look and Listen signs... It was like kids on a school trip out...

We suggested Glyn and Steve stayed a bit longer...!

You will note Matt is not quite as brand loyal as the rest. He did not get warm until 65 miles in!

Everyone seemed to cope well especially after the rehydrating effects of 3 pints of Guinness and half a bottle of Vino to wash down the Chilli.

All good prep for the next days 60m miles

Hot sausage anyone?

Dopson Butchers in Crowthorne are donating 10% of their sales of Vindaloo Sausages to our cause.

Terry, Simon, Matt and Glyn are pictured below in a shot from the Bracknell Standard.

Dopson's kindly gave us all half a dozen to try.

Whilst Terry and Matt went off for a ride Foz, who was late, went round to Terry's house to give Mrs Ford his portion of hot sausage whilst Terry was out riding.

Now that is a true team-mate!