So Much For That

Well, so much for the travel blog. I did manage to keep a diary of my time in the Pyrenees (see previous post) but I didn't find a lot of internet access, not surprisingly.

Nor have I found time since I got back to write up the diary into any legible form.

Still, the mammoth ride was a success. I had a great time supporting the Le Knees team for the first week or so, and my replacement did a stirling job in week two. The ride culminated in an unexpectedly hard last couple of days, battling bigger hills than I thought, plus strong onshore headwinds.

They made it, though. I have to admit I shed a small tear of pride more than once while I was with them, and another when I got the call late on Friday afternoon to say the celebratory champagne was being opened.

This week has been busy, busy, busy, but I finally found time to blog!

I will find time for the Great North Run this Sunday, too.

It's not too late to sponsor my efforts for MS Society at www.justgiving.co.uk/royeveritt

Roy Everitt, Running for Results

Let's Try Some Travel Writing, Shall We?

Nothing to do with either business or writing, except that I'll be trying to do a bit of both while I'm there, but I'm off to the South of France this Friday, 7th September.

One thing I may have mentioned here before is that I'll be doing the Great North Run, on Tyneside, on 30th September. I probably also mentioned that my brother in law John will be cycling the length of the Pyrenees, in the company of three other madmen, in the two weeks from the 9th.

John called up, sounding a bit anxious, a couple of weeks ago, to say that their support driver had had to drop out and could I please help?

One of the things that Suffolk lacks is big hills, and I gather these are more plentiful in the Northeast, so the Great North Run was promising to be quite a shock. A week or so running in the Pyrenees might be enough to put those Geordie hills in their place, though. So, of course, I snapped at the chance to join 'Le Knees', as they're calling themselves, for the first week or so.

I'll be taking my laptop, a camera and my running shoes, along with plenty of work to be getting on with while I wait for Le Knees to drag themselves over yet another Tour de France col.

So, I'll be trying to post the odd blog entry while I'm there, t'Internet connections permitting.

And while I'm here I may as well give you the inevitable sponsorship links. I'm running the Great North Run for MS Society, and my site is www.justgiving.com/royeveritt . John is cycling the Pyrenees for the British Heart Foundation and he's at www.justgiving.com/johncarrel and you'll find Le Knees at http://web.mac.com/jeremy_rushton/iWeb/Le%20Knees%202007/ with links to the other riders' sponsorship pages.

Roy Everitt, Running For Results