Progress so far...

The blog has been started by my fellow cyclists, and I feel I should also add my special words of wisdom at this early stage.

As has previously been mentioned, we are well under way with our training and feeling steadily confident about our ability to not only ride a tandem, but do so without falling off! Testing the tandem has been an interesting experience which has given us an idea of what will be expected of us when we are in the South-West of the country with very little with us...basically ride like mad to get home!

So far we have tested one of the two tandems we hope to take with us, with Sam and Ben collecting the second one tomorrow (Saturday 13th July). Once we have both tandems in our possession, we aim to do a few test runs as a group to see how we get on. As of yet, the chances are that we may not be able to do this until the first week in July, however we will keep you posted with any developments.

On the plus side, I have been contacting some of the local media to try and boost the publicity with the aim of bringing in more sponsors for our chosen charities. I have heard back from the 'Thanet Gazette' who have suggested writing a report about it. We are in talks at the moment but will keep you posted of any developments in the near future.

So far we have had a few people who have donated through the JustGive website, and some via the sponsor forms we created. Many thanks to those of you who have been able to sponsor us so far. Your help is much appreciated!

We hope the rest of you are able to sponsor as soon as you can, either through the JustGive website or via one of the 'tandem trekkers'. All of your help, support and sponsors mean a lot to both ourselves and the chosen charities. In the words of those over repeated yet catchy Tesco adverts..."Every Little Helps".

Remember to follow us on the Facebook group as well as on this blog to keep track of any developments and progress we make!

Justgiving - The Tandem Trek 2009 (to sponsor - The Kent Air Ambulance)

Justgiving - The Tandem Trek 2009 (to sponsor - The Pilgrims Hospice)

http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=75279440807 (Our Facebook page)

Thanks again for all of your support so far.

Dan (and the team)