Friday, 15 December 2006

DISASTER STRIKES

A disaster, my back problems have really flared up this week and I've not been able to get a very comfortable nights sleep let alone jump on a bike. I'm off the chiropractor next week to hopefully get it sorted and with a bit of luck will be able to resume hostilities with the bike over the Christmas period.

The website went public on Shedweb this week and I'm already seeing some donations coming in as well as the current bid for the signed shirt that I'm auctioning off standing at £150.00. I'm extremely grateful to all those who have donated and made bids so far - you really don't know how much it means.

It looks very likely that there will also be a great fund raising gig taking place in June next year. It will be a joint venture with my old mucker Dizzie with the proceeds being split between Scoo-B-Doo and Cancer Research. Full details will appear as they are confirmed but it should be a cracker. In the meantime get yourself over to Dizzie's 'Justgiving page' and help her out on her mad trip around the Great Wall Of China. The link is http://www.justgiving.com/racheldavis For those of you who don't know Dizzie she is a very generous, sometimes fiesty, person who donates al lot of her time to Cancer Research despite not being 100% well at the moment.

Back at home the boys are getting very excited about Father Christmas' imminent arrival. We took them down to Clearwell Caves on Sunday where they had a great time meeting the fat bloke in red himself. I've also managed to convince Charlie that Max, our mental Springer Spaniel, is actually a 'secret' reindeer and that come Christmas eve he will grow Antlers and be off to pull Santa's sleigh. I'm also trying to convince him that he should leave a glass of scotch and a mince pie out for Santa on Xmas eve but Ali seems to think a glass of squash is more appropriate - not if I'm drinking it its not!

Tuesday, 5 December 2006

Harvey On The Move

I have to start this blog by thanking my sister Jan for her very generous contribution to the cause. She has donated £150 with the promise from my brother-in-law Ben that he will match that amount if I can manage the trip in under 10 hours (they reckon an experienced cyclist should do it in 6½-7 hours so I'm being optimistic). A most generous gesture from the pair of them so a very big thank you indeed. Jan must have been on the Pinot Grigorio when she made that donation!!
Training has been very so-so this past week. Not a great deal to say about it to be honest with you. Still pedalling into work and building up for the big training push in the new year. I'd still love to hear from those of you with any tips or good locations for practising my hill climbing.
Bad news this week from home is that Harvey has realised what his legs are there for and is now hurtling around the front room like his dad after multiple pints of Guinness. He took a few tentative steps last Wednesday and since then he seems to have learnt very quickly indeed. Yesterday I was cooking Sunday lunch when I turned around to see him removing most of our crockery from the kitchen cupboards. Usually I would have heard him patting the floor as he crawled in but he obviously has a bit of ninja in him as he stealthily made it into the kitchen before causing widespread destruction.