Here are the chaps in their nice new shirts!

See Kenilworth Weekly News 4 Sept.

Good place to keep your spares!

Glad we went to Go Outdoors today- I think the Groaters should model themselves on on this!

Think we should have a caption competition- Anyone wish to start.

Got my first mission request from Mr Suffield. Can I find a sports bar in Dumfries which will show the England-Croatia game on 9th September!! Is this really the work of a support driver? 

Just to clarify the dates. We will be setting off from Kenilworth early Friday 4th September for the long drive to John O'Groats. The Chaps will then be getting on their bikes Saturday 5th September. Watch this space!

Hill training in Denmark

Simon is not lost but has travelled to Denmark to do some serious hill training! The picture shows me on the Vestas guest bike travelling through the Lem windfarm - don't let the picture deceive you, the gradient is very steep!!

Some facts you probably didn't know about Denmark:

• The highest point in Denmark is 170m above sea level
• 18% of all journeys are by bicycle, second only to the Netherlands (UK is less than 1%)
• Danes travel an average of 1.6km per day per head of the population by bicycle(UK less than 0.2km)
• Carlsberg is not the best beer in the world!

Practicing Blogging. Hohoho.

Simon seems to have lost his way. Denmark wasn't on the route.

Only 24 days before the long drive to John O'Groats. Watch this space.

LeJoG or JoGLE?

After much discussion, debate and contradictory advice we finally decided to do the route from North to South. Yes we know the prevailing wind will be against us and everybody (including James Cracknell and Rebecca Romero on their tandem record attempt) does it the other way. But it will be logistically easier having the long drive at the start and finishing (relatively) closer to home. Anyway Cracknell and Romero failed and everybody knows it is downhill all the way if you travel North to South......... So Jogle '09 it is!

For those interested our route plan is as follows: