Adrian from Forresters in Abingdon, a good friend of mine, has recently changed from running to cycling as his means of exercise due to lower back problems, and as a consequence he is now the proud owner of a carbon road bike (if I could find a green-eyed monster emoticon there would be one here). He's taken up his new sport with gusto and asked if he could join us for a day of our ride. We gladly agreed (and our thanks at this point go to Gemma, his understanding wife, for letting him off his family duties to indulge in his new sport and give us some support).
He'll be joining us to do the stretch from Shrawley in Worcestershire to Stow on the Wold, and plans to do the full 72 miles that day so it will be great company for us both on the road - we'll have had over a week's lone cycling up until this point so it'll be a great source of moral support.
Adrian has also offered to bang the sponsorship drum for us in his salon while we're away, so thanks again Ade and we'll see you in Shrawley!
When he leaves us in Stow, my wife, Helen, will pick up the baton and finish the ride with us. It'll be great to see friendly faces at this point in proceedings - it'll feel like the start of the end and we'll be able to begin to think about the finish line - I'm sure that will give us an extra boost and push us on to Bournemouth.
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