So here goes. After all the training, planning & stress, the time has finally arrived for us to start the ride. I think it's finally hit us all on the challenge we are just about to embark on, with a mixture of nervous excitement & eagerness to start ...... what have we got ourselves into!! Some amazing sponsors & pledges (Thanks) provide us all the drive to do this rain, wind or shine! - yep that's right, we do expect some rain.

The support car has been collected (supplied by HBOS - thanks), we're all packed with bikes checked, puncture repair kits, iPods & enough lycra to stretch between day 1's route.

So at 8am on Tuesday (Day 0) the last stop (& loading) as we set off for the long drive to Land's End. First ride (c.36 miles) from Land's End to Truro (our 1st nights stay), this should loosen us up for the next big day over Bodmin moors ........