endgame

Glorious weather today, so I took a final 20km spin (38 minutes!) to check the bike was OK before the off (and to check I hadn't ruined 4 weeks of abstinence with a relatively boozy weekend). Got back to find the mad Mackem had been out on a long fast ride with the Kenilworth boys and Peaches had ridden over to Rugby but on his return his back tyre was fit to pop. So he's off to get new tyres ahead of le depart. I checked mine, because we bought them together, but mine seem OK. Mechanicals I can do without thanks.

I've packed today so I'm pretty much set. I won't be blogging while I'm away but I will be Twittering, you can follow me as @chakkchimp on Twitter http://www.twitter.com. I recommend Tweetdeck for managing tweets http://www.tweetdeck.com, the native Twitter site I find a little cumbersome. I suspect most of my tweets will say "just climbed another hill,, shattered" or somesuch. Tune in to find out.

I also got another £50 sponsorship (word up Mark Dunn), but paid in underlay, which I need to translate to cash. I also finally got the check from Waitrose for £400, a big thanks to Ganny for organising that.