Good morning! After a good sleep the alarm went off at 5.30am & we are feeling pretty refreshed. A couple of lads on the trip went clubbing until 2am but they are 24 & 25.........'nuff said!! We have avoided the chicken noodle soup & noodles for breakfast & opted for fruit, toast & eggs. My husband Steve will read this & think "I told you to pack some porridge sachets!!" Oh well, I've got plenty of energy boosts & what i'm regrettin...

After a tearful farewell on Saturday morning I arrived & Heathrow & cried some more! It's been really hard for me leaving the children - in a matter of seconds I go from determined 'I spend every waking minute caring for you children It's time to do something for me' to 'I'm such a bad mother' guilt about leaving them. I know they'll be fine but that hasn't stopped me crying at the sight of nearly every small boy I have seen! The group of 47 met at 8am &...

I can't believe we have three more sleeps until we set off on what will be the trip of a lifetime. I have wanted to take part in an MCCC cycle challenge since Dad & step Mum Fi began doing them several years ago. It is such a wonderful thing to do for such a fabulous charity & to be able to share it with family will be incredible. The last time Tom & I went away together was in April 1999 when we went to Cuba for a month.........we'll give the sky d...