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Sunday Cycle

Another 24 miles today!!!

This morning we headed off in the wind and rain...  initially it really didn't seem like a very good idea as we were getting soaked and could barely see though our glasses but then the rain eased off and the wind died down a bit as we headed into Castle Ashby.

Wendy at The Buttery, very kindly opened up early for us and made a much needed pot of tea - what a star!!!  Then we headed across to The Country House Fine Foods & Catering shop and they too opened up a little early to allow us to buy some supplies...  Best of all both places offered to take one of our Sponsorship tins :-)

Once we'd loaded the bikes again, we headed off through the lovely gardens of the Castle before heading off to Earls Barton, Great Doddington, Wellingborough and home!!!

Please have a look at our Flickr for all the latest pics.

More Cycling this weekend...

Hi all

Today we set off on a different route due to a slight miscalculation...  We headed off through Farndish, Hinwich, Poddington and Wymington as planned then crossed the A6 and headed off towards Chelvesten (all part of the plan)...

Then we took a wrong turn and travelled through Yelden and then onwards through Melchbourne (pictured below - I didn't take any pics today but found this one on the web and decided to use it), Knotting and Knotting Green.  All in all it wasn't a bad route and was even nicer as we'd never travelled along this bit before...

After Knotting Green we headed up a long windy road that took us out onto the A6 at Souldrop and then it was a hairy drive back into Rushden and back towards Irchester. 

BUT by far the best thing about today was the fact that we beat our own record for doing 20 miles by 13 minutes!!!

23 miles in total - yipppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

More Flickr pics posted...

More pics posted of today's lil' adventure around Stanwick Lakes... 

Somehow we went VERY wrong and managed to end up in between 4 lakes in a boggy, marshy, VERY muddy jungle...

Have a look at our Flickr training pics...

Please, please, please sponsor us :-)

Hi all

Time is getting on and we're nearing the deadline when we need to pay in all our sponsorship money - a very BIG thank you to everyone who has sponsored us so far!!!

If you haven't sponsored us yet and would like to do so... please visit our Just Giving Sponsorship Page

Many thanks :-)

Another 60 miles this weekend :-)

Well we're building up - we're set to do two 40 mile back to back days next month so we're working on our stamina...

This weekend we did pretty well - yesterday we took our bikes to Emberton (just the other side of Olney) and headed off...  We went around the Country Park a couple of times, headed up the A509 a little way and then travelled down the lanes past Newton Blossomville until we arrived in Turvey.  Then we followed the A428 all the way to Bromham before turning round and heading back to Emberton via Lavendon and Olney...

Today, we set off around Stanwick lakes, through Thrapston, Ringstead and Denton.  Then we headed back down towards the lakes, headed off to Finedon and Wellingborough before heading back to Irchester.

There was a bit of pain today - we definitely felt our saddles and we both had sore knees by the end of today but we did it!!!  Yay!!!

You can see all of our training pics on our Flicker and our Facebook

Another 20 miles...

We're clocking up some serious mileage these days...  another 20 miles today!

All the latest training pics can be seen on our Facebook and Flicker so please take a look :-)

Cycle Shirts

Hello all

Well, we're pleased to report that we've secured sponsorship for our Cycling tops (which we hope to have by early September, just in time for our training weekend in the Cotswolds)...

A really big thank you to all of our shirts sponsors - Council for Administration, Dri-eaz Products & the Legend Brands, Kebreco Ltd, Learning & Skills Council, Quibus Consulting & McShane Wright Charted Accountants.

Thanks everyone!!!!

30 miles today...

Hi all

Well we cycled 30 miles today across 4 counties - it was really windy but we did it!!!

More pics on our Facebook and on Flicker - please take a look :-)