A week on - and £4000 is within touching distance

I've had a week back at work now and time to reflect. (Well, some time - it has been one of those hectic weeks at work, fighting corrupted UTF-8 data.) So the question arises as to what the future may hold.

Of course, the future is in God's hands - I know that. But the question that just about everyone keeps asking is 'What next?'

On Friday, I had a letter from MNDA which contained a nice Certificate of Acheievement for this last ride. I had a similar one two years ago for the London/Paris ride. And somehow the two together don't look quite complete. There looks to be a gap at the end and I would dearly love to get the gap filled.

But there are a lot of factors. One that has been firmly blown sky high is the fact that that, in just over a year, the front digit of my age will roll over to 6. Having met and cycled with George, who is 76 and has done the whole 1000 mile trip, this factor seems to be a little less significant than it was before.

Another factor is that I have had Ruth's support throughout this venture and she has put up with the amount of time I have spent on the bike, at the gym etc. I would need that support again.

And another factor is sponsorship. There has been so much support on this front this year and I don't want to make everyone think 'Not again!'

So we will see how these factors look in a year's time and then work out whether it is going to be possible to fit in the last leg.

In the meantime, that £4000 mark is tantalisingly close. If you still haven't made a donation, your support would meen so much to me to get over the line.

Here is the link to sponsor me.