The Last Day

20 Jun

The Last Day

Now this was going to be an interesting, emotion packed last day with everything from waking at 5.00 am for the last time to crossing that Land’s End finishing line, writes Nigel Smith.   We set off at seven intending to ride as a group but the start was [...] Continue Reading

Emotional finish

19 Jun

Emotional finish

I can’t believe it’s all finally over tomorrow, writes Simon Wallis. I only bought a bike in February and now I’ve (almost) completed John O’Groats to Land’s End and it’s all just flown by. I signed up for the ride as I liked the idea of completing the ‘end [...] Continue Reading

Riding in to Cornwall

19 Jun

Riding in to Cornwall

Day 8. 116 miles from Cheddar to Launceston – actually 5 miles past Launceston but more of that later, writes Nigel Smith.

As I have to rush off to catch the 17.20 tomorrow afternoon on the train back to a normal life  thought I would reflect on Deloitte RAB and [...] Continue Reading

Deloitte RAB on the home straight

18 Jun

Deloitte RAB on the home straight

Quick blog today as England are about to play, writes Nigel Smith.  Now as a Scot, I know that my homeland relatives may be supporting any team but England, but as I have lived in London for 20 years, I have to support the lads in white (at least [...] Continue Reading

Over Long Mynd and beyond

17 Jun

Over Long Mynd and beyond

Last night we were entertained by Paul Dickinson of the BBC, writes Nigel Smith, who hosted a panel session with Jody Cundy, tandem pairing, Bex Rimmington and Lora Turmham.   I hadn’t known, and a lot of people around me hadn’t known, but GB won 12 out of 13 cycling golds [...] Continue Reading