RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY

The weather recently has reminded me of when we made the first attempt to ride the Coast 2 Coast, rain and floods – needless to say I’ve not been out on my bike in it!

I’m hoping the prolonged period of rain is nature getting the most out the last few days of the ‘wet’ 2012, a year when rain and floods were the talk of most people.

While April is the current month when we hope to take on the Coast 2 Coast bike ride in 2013, the weather will play a part in our planning and strategy.

It looks like we’ll have a support team who will help make the trip a friends’ holiday as well as a charity bike ride. This should help with transporting equipment and by shortening the length of the ride each day, we hope to complete it whatever the weather.

Training will start after Christmas and before 2013 starts, so we’ll be, or rather I will be, in the best fitness possible for the ride.

I’ll be getting help from the medical profession to ensure my back and hip problems are dealt with by correct exercise, as this is something I know could have a negative effect on the ride.

So here’s to a drier 2013, in particular in April, and a chance to successfully complete the Coast 2 Coast bike ride!