This has been a good week. Plenty of miles in the mornings and then afternoons as tourists around the area. And on Wednesday, my brother called in to see us while they are stying at Rockley Park for a few days.
All the miles have been done up and down the chines along the coast between Sandbanks and Hengistbury Head. So nothing long, but some pretty steep little climbs on some of these roads. The weather has been kind (except Wednesday) and so it has been possible to clock up nearly 160 miles so far. I'm rather hoping to add 70 miles to that tomorrow morning with the CTC group. That will be a good last week of training.
Next week will be relaxing a bit with a couple of gym visits to keep things ticking over and then the adventure really starts. It still seems a bit unreal but I have a feeling that will change fairly smartly when we set off. The first day looks pretty easy, but then it starts to hot up on the second day and that continues for the third and fourth days as well.
So we have enjoyed looking round Swanage, Wimborne, Lymington etc. in the afternoons. The model village at Wimborne is always worth a visit. And Lymington is particularly relaxing if you just sit and watch what is going on in the harbour and marina. You can almost fall asleep. Or maybe that is just our age.
Sponsorship is going well. The amount raised 2 years ago on the London/Paris ride has been exceeded already. With pledges and other donations that I know are yet to come in, I am quietly confident that we will reach £3000. I'm doing my part - if you can help with a few pounds, please do!
Here is the link to sponsor me.
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