The sink or swim appoach

Well, its the 1st of June - where on earth did the first five months of the year go? Whatever the reason, we now find ourselves 38 days from the start of the mmmChallenge and the only training we've done is a 90 odd mile ride in in mid April and a 200 mile ride I did without Serena in way back in March. It seems we are taking the 'sink or swim' approach to bicycle touring!

This weekend we will be celebrating the Queens Diamond Jubilee in the only way we know how - by completely ignoring all the London pageantry and heading north, as far from a television as possible. During last years Royal wedding we escaped to the North West Highlands, this year its going to be Orkney. While maybe not being the best training for the summer excesses (there really aren't that many roads around the Orkney islands!), I'm really excited about this trip. Our previous 'Adventures' have generally involved very little time to stop and look around the places we visit - this is will be the same on the mmmChallenge. This Orkney trip is going to be very different - with no more than 120 miles to cover in 3.5 days we should have loads of time for wildlife watching. So I've pack up 300mm lens, Serena has her binoculars and even the weather forecast is looking good. Hopefully I get some good photos to share when we get back.

Once again we will be trialing the live tracking. Hopefully I've ironed out the battery issues. Guess we will see how long the battery lasts over the four day weekend!