No, not to myself. Although, I did have a fantastic birthday yesterday, No today, as google kindly told me on my way here this morning, is the 240th birthday of Richard Trevithick who built the first steam train. It seemed quite appropraite to reference the fact here - Happy Birthday Richard, so it's your fault we're all here.....
Sunday - on the hottest day of the year so far - we decided to test the route, and, well
.........I'm still here, but let's just say some significant changes were needed after I pretty much ended up wheeling my bike up and down several of the roads! But hey, that's what the practice was for. It does mean that finally route is finalised and I'm feeling pretty happy about it. The first half is especially fun; following the Severn Way path and the Severn Valley Railway all the way along the river to Bewdley and has absolutely gorgeous views. All you cyclists, I'm going to find a way of mapping it and posting a link up here but I'll be emailing/posting it out to you with some other info too.
Also met Lesley and Matthew on Sunday and it was lovely to see them. The 4566 turned up, which was also lovely! We met Ian Latimer, Arley station manager, who was nothing but helpful and I look forward to getting the party all prepped soon.
Speaking of parties, I've been busy begging for prize donations for the Arley party by sending out lots of request letters (when did stamps get so expensive?!), so if you have any ideas of people I may not have thought of to bother then let me know. One very quick response from Go Ape! in Bewdley who have donated a free adult ticket to the park so a big thank you goes out to them. If you've never heard of Go Ape!, there's a link on the left hand side under Corporate Sponsorships, check it out because it's great fun!
Also, I've now got Nathan's full attention and designing skills so posters, sponsorship forms etc should be ready soon. This means we can all (yes, ALL implies anyone reading this too!) get on the promotion trail, poor Worcestershire's not going to know what's hit it....
Oh yes! And how can I forget, those eagle eyed ones amongst you all may have noticed there are 3 new names on the cylists' list on the right hand side, the ever so lovely Ian and Sue Carvell and fantastic Mr David (Deej) Jaquin. These aren't just any cyclists, Ian and Deej are seasoned cylists and will no doubt make the train look like it's going as slowly as Gordon Brown leaving office (no pressure guys).
That's all for now folks, keep smiling :)
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