Lisa and Simon made their way to London with
the very laden support
car (but extremely
well packed!) after frantically printing out a ferry ticket for Steve (that’s
another story…)
The rest of the team arrived at York Station
for 10:45am full of anticipation and excitement...However to get us in the mood
for a big challenge we were faced with a few bike incidents before we even set
off!
Louise arrived with very black hands after having
to put her chain
back on 3 times
on the way to the station! Martin had a blow out 1 mile from home and had to get his mum to drop him and his
bike off at the station where it was discovered that he had a rather large nail
in his tyre, and Steve had a problem with his brakes which were
sticking on! Thank goodness we had Nick who had 3 lots of repairs to do before we even got on
the train...
We all arrived at Kings Cross safely and prepared ourselves to cycle
through the streets of London – which is not for the faint hearted! On route to
the hotel, Nick had planned some sightseeing…
but soon after we began our
journey we discovered our team mascot Cornealius Woofle (his new name) had been lost on the way to
London...and was last seen in York train station…
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| London sightseeing |
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| Cornealius Woofle |
The highlight of our day was when we met Alice. We were all emotional as we listened to
her story and realised the enormity that diabetes has on her life; and how Holly her medical detection dog keeps her safe and allows her to
live. We all knew we were raising money for the right charity http://medicaldetectiondogs.org.uk
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| NYDESP team with Alice & Holly and Linda (Alice's mum) |
Finally we all went to bed very tired!
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