Roll of Honour

In no particular order:

Mike "two bikes" Redhead

Adrian "ceiling lowerer" Robinson

John "pro cyclist" Howson

John "pre cyclist" Hewson

Nadine "white van" Matheson

Anita "map"

Rishi "to the gents" Shah

Jay "just one moment" Manek

Steve "table sleeper" Holdroyd

Ronnie "my name is" Manek

Keith "the organiser" Gains

and of course me and Bernard! But there are enough pics of me & Bern on here already.

You can view all the pics from the blog on a Google map here, the GPS co-ordinates taken from the magic phone, it shows our general route. I like the fact that the one taken from the ferry even shows us in the Mersey.

Cheers,
Neil

P.s. May be somebody can suggest a middle name for me?

The crew

Certificates all round

Howard from Christies hands out the certificates.

Thanks!

Thanks Gary for the £20... Much appreciated.

Team Novera

We made it!

Well done everybody.

Liverpool!!

The ferry approaches...

Ready for the ferry

T-shirts at the ready

Last min repairs

Birkenhead here we come

Chester - almost there !!

We hit a snag

...they tell us it will be a nice road next year!!!

Mid morning break...

...at Nantwitch

Our wonderful support...

Anita and Nadine take a break...

British Secret Service at it's best

Day 3 start

Breakfast on day 3

And it's only the milk that is not feeling great...

Day 2 report

Setting off at 08:45 we made our way from Daventry through the fog to the Fosse Way with no visible scars from day 1!

Ron and Rishi decided that the main route was not really for them whilst John How and Keith managed to find the worlds biggest ford, rumours of the Yangtze being in England have not been confirmed!!

Lunch at Coombe Abbey in the sunshine was glorious, we then set off towards Ansty with just the one White van man incident under our belts.

To carry on the religous theme we all congregated at the spectacular Lichfield Catheral, Ron & Rishi decided that their route should now meet with ours. After a quick tour we set off along the A51 for our
final 20+ miles of the day.

Everybody finished by 18:30, beer in hand as the sun went down over Swynnerton. Ahhhh that's nice.

Who knows it could even be sunny tomorrow as well? Sorry Rory. :)

Keith orders the Whale and chips!

Swynnerton with Beer

Day 2 complete!

Road to stone

Hope GM wasn't in there

Steve enjoys the sun!!

Keith finds the tour trophey cabinet

Culture for the riders

Keith takes a walk in the Cathedral

Supplies arrive

The team reach Lichfield

Beautiful day!!!

Commercial Manager needs pay rise

Impromtu repairs in Nuneton

Coombe Abbey

...for a bite to eat and some glorious sunshine. :)

Fosse Way

Welcomes us with a hill... Well done guys!

Day 2 start - here we go!

Breakfast Day 2

People are eager to enter the fog on Daventry!

Day 1 Report

With an absolutely enormous effort from everybody day 1 is complete, we are in Long Furlong Farm B&B, a very very welcome retreat after our 90+ miles. Double helpings of homemade cottage pie and lasagne, with apple pie for afters all washed down with a well deserved pint, lovely.

I think its always surprising how a combination of fatigue, tiredness and disorientation can effect people and there decision making, and day one was no exception. For example Keith opened a can of Fosters and decided to have just one sip, probably a first I'm reliably informed!! And then there was the decision of Rishi and Ron to collide with each other during the euphoria of finding the B&B in the pitch dark. Well maybe that was in voluntary... By the way, no lasting physical injuries!!

So, day 2 awaits whilst we all head off for a well earned sleep. Well done everybody.

P.s. A big big thank you to Bill Brookes from the Whip & Collar in Maple Cross for his donation, it is very much appreciated.

Silverstone

Bernard & Nadine enjoy the evening sunshine !

Nags head, Winslow

Nice

Great Misinden

We meet the pelican