Final Comments

There are a number of people I have to thank and the most important must be Celia my wife who puts up with my hairbrain ideas of raising money for charity by cycling for the second time from John O'Groats to Lands End.  I must thank my son's, grandson's and daughter in law for supporting us all and especially my wife when I was not there. My own parents and family who think I am mad but still support me.  I must then thank my team especially Alan B who was a stalwart support driver and friend who put up with my moods and shouting at him through frustration but he did a first class job.  I must thank Mike C who managed to keep up with me in Scotland and did a first class job until his bike tyre exploded in the mountains - he did finish to the scottish border on a spare bike so well done mike even though he was suffering with achilles problems.  I must then thank the London Borough of Havering PTS for the loan of the minibus which we couldnt have done the ride without and all of those people who have sponsored us in doing the ride and raising the much needed funds for the charities we are supporting.

The whole ride took 8.5 days which is less than my previous 13 days in 2000 and was only 867.5 miles instead of the 907.8 miles last time.  People throughout the country that we have met during the ride have taken and interest in what we have been doing - we have had rain, snow, sleet, hailstones, sun and overcast periods of frost but whatever the weather and whatever the conditions this time I have never felt like packing in.  For those who have not managed to sponsor or donate to the charities you can still donation at www.charitygiving.co.uk and search for Alan Clark.

Thanks I will let you know what the outcome of the final amount raised.