Well here we are at day 5 - final day of cycling!! I started the day off really nicely with a FaceTime conversation with Steve. All is well back home - the kids are being superstars so all good. After a good breakfast we got on the bus for a transfer to our starting point. We've only got about 69km to do today & there was a really good vibe amongst the group. We were all wearing our yellow Marie Curie tops so looked great (even if they are the sweatiest, most...

Morning! Dad & Fi received this lovely email from Catherine a Marie Curie nurse. They have kindly let me share it with you. This really is a fabulous charity & I'm proud to be here supporting it. Xx Dear Paul and Fiona, I just wanted to say hello and send some encouragement for the final days of your cycle challenge. I am so full of admiration for what you are doing and you have all been very much in my thoughts. On Tuesday I did a night shift caring...

I slept quite well last night thanks to my ear plugs! Up at 5.30am again & had the pleasure of a phone call from hubby Steve. It was lovely to have a catch up but it did make me homesick so I felt quite down heading off to breakfast. Breakfast itself was yummy - eggs & baguette & we even had a little pot of jam - amazing!! One of the girls on the trip gave me a tea bag which, although it was Earl Grey, tasted fabulous! We started talking about what ou...

Well, the dogs were quiet until about 2am when they decided to have a competition with the cockerels- who can bark/crow the loudest!! I managed to get back to sleep until 5am - alarm goes off at 5.30am anyway. I must remember to fish out my ear plugs from my bag for tonight! After a disappointing breakfast yesterday today's was amazing. We had a lovely fresh omelette (which was warm hurrah!) & a baguette. The tea & coffee were revolting but you can't hav...

5.30am wake up today! I found it really hard to get out of bed today but a FaceTime conversation with Steve perked me up :-). Breakfast at 6am which was a bit in the ropes side. I played safe with fried egg sandwiches, Tom went for the noodle soup which turned my stomach just looking at it!! After a quick warm up we set off at 7am. That first sit down on my saddle made me 'oof' out loud - but luckily after about a minute it was fine. We stopped after about 3k...