Another 6am alarm call (it's worse than going to work!).... Today is the toughest day of the challenge. The route is just over 90kms and its 'undulating'! The group seemed up for the challenge at the morning briefing and after a quick warm up we were ready to set off. The mornings ride started with a 7km stretch to a water stop after which we had a set of 3 hills to contend with. Unfortunately Gemma had a gear failure quite early on and we had to wait for a me...

We had a lie in this morning, alarm call was 6am - sadly I'm still not on Cuban time so was wide awake at 5! We set off at 8, with the first section of the ride cycling through Varadero - we had a police escort through the town (this also happened yesterday at the end of the ride). The Cubans have the utmost respect for the police here, so the 3 police motorcyclists kept the traffic well out of the way as we passed through the town. After we passed through th...

Wow what a scorcher! Today was our first day of cycling, after a 5.30 alarm call we got all our kit onto the buses, had a quick breakfast and headed off to pick up the bikes. The bikes are pretty good, actually the majority are the same model as I have at home - we were allocated bikes by size and then the mechanics got to work changing over pedals and seats with the items we had brought from home. We had a quick briefing to explain how the day would work and t...

Last blog from the UK. Some excitement at the airport (multi tools in hand luggage and a lady with all her toiletries in hand luggage), but we are all now checked in and ready to go! Never one to miss an opportunity..... We are doing this to raise money for Women V Cancer if anyone would like to donate and be entered into a raffle to win a jaguar or Land rover for the weekend, please visit www.justgiving.com/women-v-Cancer More news when we get to Cuba

No more sleeps! We are off this morning, it's been over 18 months since I signed up for the challenge and the day is finally here! ✈️