Mow Cop

Here's the latest photo from Mow Cop on the Cheshire Cat - I'm smiling, not grimacing - honest.

132 Miles this Week

Cheshire Cat boosted the total. It took real willpower to get on the bike this morning.

Lots of hills - Cobbles Missing

Cheshire Cat done this weekend. 104 miles, the last 40 of which were torture - as you can see from the profile of the route. Dave and I made it up Mow Cop for which we received the very tasteful medal here:- obviously worn with pride for the next 2 weeks. Martin had to put his foot down when approached by an inconsiderate motorist, once you do that, there's no getting going again!

The hills in that very spiky section of the profile were pretty unrelenting. The language of the participants deteriorated as yet another steep climb appeared around the corner. Pity the poor motorist who dared to peep us near the end - being in an open top car, they must have heard every word! Mow Cop was definitely the worst climb, Dave lay on his back at the top in a semi-conscious state muttering about seeing the light - I thought we'd lost him!

Still we all got to the end and a welcome cuppa. Hopefully London to Paris will be a breeze compared to this.

The missing cobbles in the title do not refer to the state of my anatomy after 7 hours in the saddle, but the cobbled climb in Alderley Edge that we managed to miss. Some unkind souls claimed we must have ignored it deliberately!

Here's the GPS of the whole route - http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/7903292

SOLD!!

Sold the Tour of Germany shirts donated by Prendas for a total of £64.53. One of the shirts is on its way back to Germany. Listing a few more items this week. So far I've raised over £120 in this way.

50 miles this week

Bit more low key this week as I was away for the weekend sans bike. Not really got much commuting in either. Still, I'll make up for it in Cheshire this weekend. Here's a link to the loop I did round Tugby - http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/7872569

Meow

This weekend it's the Cheshire Cat, which is a bloody long way with a bloody steep hill near the end. The picture is me battling up Mow Cop last year. This year I'll have my team mates (Martin and Dave) to keep me company, along with 1500 other riders. Should be fun (apart from the Mow Cop bit). There's a cobbled hill to climb this year which will be an interesting challenge.

Prendas Ciclismo

Just another mention for Prendas Ciclismo. Not content with supplying me with the Tour of Deutschland shirts, they have also promoted the auction on their own website! Top blokes. Their cycle jersey range is superb and their arm warmers are the best I've used.
Visit their online shop - http://www.prendas.co.uk