Dublin 2 Dingle

Nice weather for fish!
Pauline, Gary, Jonty, Stuart, Jimi, Andy, Noel, Allen

Last night we chose to rendezvous with the intention of ironing out the finer detail of the logistical organisation of the challenge. Andy was concerned that we should rehearse packing all the stores in advance of the start time but it later transpired that this anxiety was due to the fact that he is planning to be unwell that morning. So tasks have been assigned to each tour participant (even Ady in his absence) and the final meeting, prior to July 2nd, will be at the Tudor Cinema on June 27th for the presentation of "Breaking Away", a rites of passage cycling story starring Dennis Quaid.

A reminder of the fundraising page at www.justgiving.com/dublin2dingle where we have exceeded £700 to date. Please pass the blog and justgiving addresses to everyone who might be able to help in some way. As they say at Tesco, every little helps, and they have reduced the price of Magner's specially.

This blog does not intend to mention the weather again after this moan. It is absolutely crap as can be seen from the dull conditions in the photograph above which was taken last night. It is not conducive to productive training in the run up to the event and furthermore, it wrecks Stuart's hair. The long term forecast is for more of the same and I heard some individual from the media suggest that there would be no sign of the sun before September. That being the case, we are going to get wet, wet, wet -  with a little help from my friends we will get through this though, love is all around you see.........

LLL