Coming soon: super fun cycle stuff!

Hello to all my loyal fans:

Thank you for your continuing dedication and unwavering support of my frequent and thorough blog updates!

Hold on to your frickin’ hats because we’re in for a good one here, folks.

It has been far too long since I have actually had any solid cycle content to post on here – nothing beyond long weekends away to various British middle-of-nowhere’s. One weekend in the Yorkshire countryside in July where Ryan and I had a double cycle breakdown, including a gear cable snapping mid-triathlon in the pouring rain – weather I am starting to understand is quite typical to British summertime, particularly if one happens to be outdoors on a cycle-camping trip.

Another weekend about a year ago took me, Zeina and Alex to the land of sheep-shaggers (Wales) for a delightful culinary tour of the Pembrokeshire coast.

Oh, and I suppose a wee trip to Lebanon too. But we didn’t cycle much there…

But none of these short adventures even hold a candle to what is to come! In just over a weeks time the sheep-shag crew will load our bicycles up into human sized boxes and fly from London to Dubrovnik. We are taking part in a cycling event called Thighs of Steel where we will join a group of 15 other adventurous masochists (I mean cyclists) to tackle 810km + 9000m climbing over 7 days. Oh, and we will be camping each night. What could possibly go wrong?!

For more info check out the detailed itinerary here.

We begin in Dubrovnik on 2 September and go flat out each day until we reach Thessaloniki in Greece. Actually, not flat… very very hilly each day.

The best part of it all will not be our cycling glove tans nor our diaper rashes, but the funds we raise to support grassroots refugee organizations. Thighs of Steel is a charity that works with Mass Action who funds these projects with dignified and sustainable initiatives for migrants and asylum seekers.

Here is an example of one of the great initiatives thighs of steel has supported – in Thessaloniki no less. We plan on going to visit this once our ride is over to see the benefits of the support first hand.

My job, along with completing the 7-day ride, is to raise a small portion of the overall funds with a target of £500.

Your job (maybe… if you want… no pressure) is to give me a small (or large) portion of this money if you are able and would like to support the cause.

To persuade you a little bit more I will be posting “live” blog updates each day of the ride. Okay, they won’t be live because we are going to be in the likes of remote mountain villages in Albania and I really can’t account for the strength of data signal out there, but they will be each day after our ride to the best of my ability. Just think of all the idiotic antics my friends and I will be getting up to!

I leave you with a selection of photos of The Sheep Shaggers on previous cycle adventures to give you a taste of what is to come. I also leave you with the link to donate if you wish.

CLICK HERE TO DONATE 🙂

Thanks for popping in – probably because you are a legacy subscriber who completely forgot you had email notifications on! But still, I hope you are keen to hear some idiot broad abroad content.

If you want to support me on my ride you can donate via my Just Giving page:

CLICK HERE TO DONATE 🙂

Until we next meet virtually when I make a new post, happy riding!

DOTD