On 8th July 2012 we will be undertaking a 10 day cycle along the length Ireland, hugging the western coast line for 1000 km. We are doing this for the David Ashwell Foundation. Welcome to our Journey...

Tuesday 3 July 2012

The final countdown



do do do do do dum dum dum dum..... Or something like that.

We've only got a few days to go till the big off. Time has past so quickly. It doesn't seem that long ago that Serena was blogging about it being 100 days to go. It still feels like we have loads to do. Yesterday I changed the stems on both our bike - nothing like last minute tweaking. Before Orkney we swapped our upright handle bars for trekking butterfly style bars. These give you alot more hand grip options making them alot more comfortable over long distance. They do, however, require a much longer stem - unless you want to get grazed knee on every hill. I've also got to pick up some additional camping supplies and a map (that might be useful)! We also still need to pack.

We will be catching early bird ferry to Belfast on Saturday morning. After that it's going to be a combination of trains, buses and any other non-two wheeled forms for transport to get us as close to Malin Head in time for Sunday. Its going to be a proper public transport marathon! I'm looking forward to starting the challenge, if for no other reason than to have a single daily goal - 100km...

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