900 miles in five days on a push bike......................

[taffr]

Lands end to John-o-Groats in five days on a push bike:eek:, average 190 miles per day:eek:, looking like 12 to 17 hrs in the saddle every day:( thats what myself and seven other soldiers from my barracks are doing for the Army Benevolent Fund, starts on the 7th of june, we are all doing the whole mileage too not just in relays, the charity looks after soldiers and their familys when they return injured from doing their job, even worse when they don't come back at all:(, so if you have a bit of spare time log onto the just giving link and give us a quid or two, we have an 8K target and are well on our way to making it, i've been putting in the miles and training hard, done over 2000 miles over the last few weeks:eek:, so drop a £ into the pot and leave us a message, we are gonna update with pics every evening so you can see how we are getting on, here is the link

http://www.justgiving.com/geo-wheelers

here's another link so you can see where you donation will be used

http://www.soldierscharity.org/

thanks for checking this post out Graham "taffr";)

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[Aled]

Blimey Gra, that will be some feat :eek:

Great charity.....good luck with it ;)

I will send you a spare tube of Germolene in case you have a rash :p

[taffr]

Blimey Gra, that will be some feat :eek:

Great charity.....good luck with it ;)

I will send you a spare tube of Germolene in case you have a rash :p


meet me near the end of the second stage Aled and you can apply it to me in person:cool:

[RS2000CUSTOM]

Top effort to all concerned

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[4parajon]

Done Gra :)
Good luck with it mate, make sure the vaseline is handy lol

[dustydog]

meet me near the end of the second stage Aled and you can apply it to me in person:cool:
Watch out Graham Aled will be wearing that wig again :D:D:D:D

[vinny]

done it for you and the lads son

[Chesney]

some folk will do owt to get out of doing a days work :rolleyes:




































well done son a worthy cause, you will have a sore arse after that :D

[Miniliteman]

some folk will do owt to get away from the wife :rolleyes:


































Good cause sir, although I think cycling is a sissy-sport ...

[Dave1800BDA]

good luck taff, great cause youre doing this for

[fast eddie]

proud of you taff, bet kellys tea slowed you down on fri!:D, myself and a few of my mates will sponsor you for this well worthy cause, under the condition you don't come to see my wife again in them skimpy little cycling shorts!:D:D:D:D:D:D, good luck mate!:)

[WelshRS]

he'll do anyting to shave his legs:p

all the best butt

Chris

[marky4]

good luck mate a great cause :):)

[topaz]

Done :salute:

p.s. I'll donate again if you ride back :rolleyes:

[grum]

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[driverace]

What a feat mate!!!
Thats a lot of milage per day,dont forget to take a Banana every day,you know what to do with it,shove it down your shorts to lubricate your a*se and b*lls
Good luck with it!

[taffr]

thanks for the support so far lads, i'm off out to get a quick 50 miles training in before i go to work:D, got my banana in my back pocket for breakfast or i might try that last tip form driverace:eek:

[LOUIE]

where you stopping in warrington gray??

[taffr]

where you stopping in warrington gray??

Local TA barracks, i'll get details later

[Andyc]

well done skinny boyo its will not be vasoline he uses he will use grease
:D

[lee bishop]

plenty of gun oil going spare i bet ........LOL

sian and i have done a joint donation fella, all the best with it son :D

[topaz]

Local TA barracks, i'll get details later

will be on o'leary st :D

[Dave1800BDA]

sian and i have done a joint donation fella, all the best with it son :D

:eek::spliff::rolleyes:

hope the crowds turn out for you gra...like on the giro

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[Martin]

Well done lad, and a worthy cause :)

My grandad ran the King's Own Royal Border Regiment Army Benevolent Fund from Carlisle Castle for 20+ Years when he retired from the army and he was honoured to get an MBE for his efforts.

p.s. you'll be passing my house so drop in for a cuppa ;)

[taffr]

Well done lad, and a worthy cause :)

My grandad ran the King's Own Royal Border Regiment Army Benevolent Fund from Carlisle Castle for 20+ Years when he retired from the army and he was honoured to get an MBE for his efforts.

p.s. you'll be passing my house so drop in for a cuppa ;)

will do:cool:, we are staying in dumfries that night:cool:, make sure you have a big kettle, we are gonna need lots of tea;)

[Martin]

will do:cool:, we are staying in dumfries that night:cool:, make sure you have a big kettle, we are gonna need lots of tea;)

And plenty of biscuits :)

[taffr]

thanks to all who have pushed the button so far, stopped at a cafe on one of our training rides today and the cafe owner gave us some cash to put in the pot and gave us all free tea:cool:

[stuartp]

i'm in awe of anyone that would even consider the possibility of managing that!

I'll never moan about my puny work commute again

[graham John]

even more commendable when you see Taffrs bike


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cheeRS

[pushrod]

Great to see people who actually are prepared to hurt themselves to help others.
Top man Taff.

[hotrs2000]

well done on this big T, clicked your button:)

[graham John]

kep your eyes on the road Taffr...........;)

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cheeRS

[Miniliteman]

This is his bike! :eek:

A special long range model ...

[taffr]

looks like all the training is paying off, took part in the Royal Engineer mountain bike champs yesterday, 55 riders took part in a 4 hour cross country race in souring temperatures, the first lap was very close between four riders but as the race got into its stride i got to the front and won it, even better was the news at the end when the second rider came in 14 minutes later:eek:, so the training was worthwhile, i'm gonna rest up ready for monday now;), cheers for all the support lads

[vinny]

looks like all the training is paying off, took part in the Royal Engineer mountain bike champs yesterday, 55 riders took part in a 4 hour cross country race in souring temperatures, the first lap was very close between four riders but as the race got into its stride i got to the front and won it, even better was the news at the end when the second rider came in 14 minutes later:eek:, so the training was worthwhile, i'm gonna rest up ready for monday now;), cheers for all the support lads

fantastic m8

[Martin]

Well done taffr :)

Our country is safe in your hands..... What is it you do to protect us :rolleyes:

[RS MARTIN]

well done mate -remember to eat 3 shredded wheat each day :eek:

[RS 1600 Imp]

Graham, All the Luck in the world to You and keep safe :D
I would definitely say 2010 is your year;) keep it up fella

Pete

[moyler]

Hi mate,i'm down in sunny cornwall so if you need anything this end just let me know.
Cheers
Dave

[Mexicomark]

looks like all the training is paying off, took part in the Royal Engineer mountain bike champs yesterday, 55 riders took part in a 4 hour cross country race in souring temperatures, the first lap was very close between four riders but as the race got into its stride i got to the front and won it, even better was the news at the end when the second rider came in 14 minutes later:eek:, so the training was worthwhile, i'm gonna rest up ready for monday now;), cheers for all the support lads

Good going Taff..

After your ride to John O'groats you'll just have time for a shower & you can get on a plane & do this.

http://www.cycleamerica.com/cc-tour.htm

[deb's]

Hello everyone,

Just a quick update for you all. Just spoke to my man Taff and he sounds remarkably good. They all made it on day one, 202 miles covered, they left Lands End at 5am this morning and they all arrived at Bristol at 7pm this evening. His words not mine "It ****ed down all day but it was warm". So far so good !!

I will give another progress report for you all tomorrow.

Thanks everyone

DEBS XXX

[Andyc]

well done Debs wondered how he was doing keep us informed

[Martin]

Deb's

Can you ask him what time he is expecting to pass through Gretna on Wednesday as I want to arrange a visiting party for him :)

[Mogsmex]

Well done Graham

:bow: impressive stuff

[Martin]

Met up with the boys at Gretna today.

Can't believe how healthy they all looked considering that they had just done 135 miles in 8 hours including a climb over Shap into a headwind :eek::eek::bow::bow:

Does anyone know who the Ethiopian at the front is :p You could play tunes on his ribcage :D

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[deb's]

Hello again everyone,

Just spoke to Mr Taff and again he sounded really up beat. They left Warrington at 6am this morning and arrived in Moffet at 8.30pm this evening. Total of 13 hours in riding time.....crazy. The weather was half rain and dry. They rode through Shap just outside Kendal and think it was not too long after before they saw Martin, Michelle and the baby. The finish was a bit of a long one.....8 miles of climbing just after Moffet.

He is now getting an early night ready for another day.

Cheers everyone

DEBS xxx

[Chesney]

fair play to the welsh one, bet he's got a sore ass now tho :eek:

[marky4]

hats off to to them all :salute:

[andyrsx]

good luck mate:)

[cossie si]

Respect!;)

[Dave1800BDA]

nice update debs, send our wishes to the old man for the rest of the journey, and well done to him so far

[grum]

wheres his yellow jersey :confused:

yes, all respect to the boys :notworthy:

[Aled]

Update......all was going well till Taff had to apply Germolene to his rash :dizzy:









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[Andyc]

Skinny Bloke should of done that milage in one day










































well done mate:D

[graham John]

amazing, fair play

cheeRS

[pushrod]

Well how did it go? or have a misssed a thread on how this ended?