Decision...

Happy New Year to all....Christmas has been a fantastic time for myself and my family. I feel relaxed, refreshed and ready for a fantastic 2009.

Regarding JOGLE a decision has now been made. I am going to complete part of the journey but with a twist. I will joining John and Marian on Day 8 and Day 9 of JOGLE. This means that I will be cycling from my house to Bickleigh in mid-Devon via John's house in Chippenham. On Day 10 / 11, John and Marian will set off towards north Devon and then onto Lands End, however from Bickleigh I will set off towards South Devon through Dartmoor and finish at my dad's house in Brixham, South Devon.

I feel totally happy with this decision. I will finish in Torbay where my Mum was carred for by Rowcroft and although I am disappointed that I will not be doing the entire journey, I am happy, as are my wife a kids. I feel this is the right thing to do at this stage of life and one day I will complete JOGLE along with other challenges I want to complete, I already have a list!!

What now? Well training needs to kick on again and soon. I am out of the country for a few weeks between now and June (More about this below) and even though I will now only do a 250+mile journey over 3 days I need to be ready to do a 80 mile day, followed by a 90 mile day and then a further 80 miles on my own through the hilly Dartmoor! the blog is back...I will be going out for a ride on Sunday although I have no winter bike gear!!!! should be fun!!!! and lets see how no riding since September has affected me...

Now about June. It has been decided to delay JOGLE by a couple of weeks until early June. This is to allow Scotland to warm up a bit and to avoid half term traffic. Also just so you know Joy may also now only do part of JOGLE. If Joy does only do part she will probably do John O'Groats to Glasgow the home of her parents...