The light stuff...

Sunday, 3 Feb 2008

Woke up at 9am this morning in a hotel in Guildford - the kids were having a great time at Granny and Grandad's and we were enjoying the lie in!

e's party last night was fun, lots of people (probably too much talking about cycling), singing (not sure how e managed to get me singing Dizzy...), drinking, eating (lovely duck/pancakes & plum sauce). At the end of the evening agreed with e to meet for breakfast about 10am and get directions to Beyond Mountain Bikes so that I could order my bike!

Breakfast was great (bacon, sausage, egg & toast :-), and Iain had already printed off directions to the bike shop, though after Jules had lead us the right way out of Guildford, we struggled to follow the remaining directions! We eventually realised that we had missed the shop about 8-10 miles past Cranleigh. We eventually found the shop and tried out a couple of bikes for size, couldn't quite believe how light they were.

Settled on a Specialized Roubaix Elite, which has a carbon frame that is supposed to help absorb some of the shock as well as being light. Just need to get me voucher from the CycleScheme, so that I can pick up the next week. If all goes well I will get the chance to get out on the bike a few times before out first team ride on the 16 Feb after our visit to CHASE - an opportunity for us to talk about our event and get to see the care they provide to families with children who have a short life expectancy.

After a cup of tea, we returned to Granny and Grandad's for a lovely lunch before our journey home...

Next week I hope to do a couple of rides during the week, and a longer ride (50-60 miles) at the weekend!