I knew my legs wouldn’t survive the whole of day 3 so I made a decision to start the day in the support vehicle and then cycle what would be the last 17 miles of the ride. Day 3 Morning video I was driven across the Pennines in the…
Cycling the C2C – Day 2 – Penrith to Allenheads
This was the day I dreamed about the most. The day I would climb the Hartside Pass. The Day 2 morning video As we came out of the Guest House in Penrith, the road ahead was a steep incline. Not the best way to start the day – a…
Cycling the C2C – Day 1 – Whitehaven to Penrith
This is the video taken at the hotel on the first morning before departure. After we left the hotel we cycled down to the C2C start point at the shoreline of Whitehaven, where the obligatory group photo was taken. There was already a number of cycling groups queuing for…
The realisation of a dream…
It was November 2005. The previous day I had seen the Daggers lose 2-1 away to Hartlepool in the first round of the FA Cup. We should have had a penalty for handball in the dying minutes, but it was not to be. A Hartlepool fan said it was one…