Evening of 21st August - 86 Miles Completed. Camping in Tintagel - Tent destroyed in the wind and rain. Few pints and a good meal made us all feel better!

Saturday Morning 21st August Lands End in the fog, rain and wind. Ready for "The off" only another 920 miles to go. The cyclist on the left is going for a World Record Lands end to John O'Groats and back in 5 1/2 days - wonder where we will overtake him?

Cornwall and Devon succesfully navigated (thank God!). Now we're back to civilization and heading for Brizzle full updates to follow this evening. Watch this space...

D Day -1 (13:05) En route from Burton to Lands End in the support van. Preperationa are already well underway. As those athletes amongst you know, one of the keys to success in endurance events is carb loading. For those of you that are not elite athletes like Louis and mself, carb loading is a very scientific process which requires the perfect balance of carbs, fats and protein. Thankfully it turns out that an extra large McDonalnds burger, chips, mozerrlla dip...

This is not a hoax, but a geniune message from Sir Steve Redgrave! Good luck with the cycle from Lands End to John O'Groats in aid of Diabetes UK. It will be a great challenge and adventure. I hope you raise lots of money and have lots of good memories to share once you have completed the challenge. All the best Steve Redgrave