Getting closer to the Paris ride now!

Its may the 22nd already this means it's only 2 weeks to the Norwich 100, which we have been looking forward to but it's also a test to see how well we can cycle the next day.

This week we have finally booked the trains to and from London, the ferry has been booked and the extra night in France due to the cost of returning on the sunday via TGV.

Ruby has demanded that Jack (the dog) comes with us also she is now saying she will cycle with us as she has ran 100meters before so a 100 miles should be easy.

Training has been going well for both of us while we have not trained together much I feel we are both up to the task.

Och Aye Laddie!!

Well, we did have a good look, but despite all our hard work we did not find Nessie in Scotland! I have just returned after a weeks break in the Highlands and all I can say is 'why the heck didn't I take my bike!'. The weather was fantastic, and the scenery stunning. We did manage to hire mountain bikes for a couple of days which helped to keep the legs feeling good; Norfolk really does not have any hills!

As Pete has already said the guys at Cycles UK Norwich have come up trumps and donated a couple of great jerseys for us to use on our trip. We will be having photos taken this weekend to post on here and on the JustGiving site. The training has been going well and we are both looking forward to doing the Norwich 100 on the 5th of June and hopefully we will be riding directly after on the 6th to see what it is like riding straight after a long day in the saddle!!

Just managed to catch a bit of the Liege-Baston-Liege today and Philippe Gilbert is on top form at the moment, 3 spring classic wins to his name, very , very impressive! Will be interesting to see how well he does in the Giro D'Italia .

Ride safe,

Shaun.