We're on the final countdown now with just days to go before we start.
In typical "Sod's Law" fashion, things have come up which have prevented an ideal run-up, but that adds to the challenge.
Once we get underway, we hope to post every day, assuming that we can get wi-fi access. (If we can't get wi-fi, obviously the posts will be delayed).
The posts will be made via Blackberry so any photos may be of limited quality and will be positioned automatically by the "system" and without captions. We'll try to work around that. Just please bear with us.
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We won't let you down.
Go Elan, we're all behind you on this massive venture of yours and as a reasonably keen cyclist myself I can only imagine the excitement. Cycling through France for 3 weeks - bliss. Not to say that it won't be hard but I hope that every time you get to a hard part or something goes a bit wrong you can have a little smile and think "I'd rather be doing this right now than ...".
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to following your progress.
Cheers
Robert