Day 30. Last day

Last day.  115 miles done today, 4010 miles in total.  In metric world that's 186 km and 6455 km.
The record has to be verified by Guinness World Records.  This may take a while, because I have to submit thousands of photos, videos, my daily logs, my signed log books, my gps files, and much more.  It'll take me days to organise all of this evidence.  It'll keep me busy.
At the start of Day 30 I was still focussed on the cycling, and not was not thinking about what I was going to do at the end of the day.  I wasn't under any pressure with time, because I'd decided to reach a target of 4000 miles.  I only needed to do at least 105 miles, and planned to finish by about 5:30pm.
It all seemed like it was going to be an easy day.  However, the weather forecast was for heavy rain in the morning.  We set off wearing rain jackets and shoe covers, expecting to get soaked.  Thankfully it was warm.  We headed towards Audlem (no surprises there!), and were very lucky that It stayed dry all the way, with only some light drizzle at Audlem.   We saw the ever helpful, friendly and enthusiastic Tim at Audlem Cyclesport to have my log book signed.

We headed back home for lunch, and the weather got better and better.  Jackets were removed, and it was one of the few times in the last month that I've cycled wearing just one layer.  At lunch we'd done 77 miles.  Only 28 miles to go. 
 The afternoon was excellent, with the sun shining, it was warm, and it wasn't windy.  It made me realise how awful the weather has been for the previous 29 days.  There have been few times when the cycling has been really enjoyable and almost effortless in good weather.  We stopped at Goostrey News (a great little shop) and thanks to Charlotte who was the last person to sign my log book.  Here's a picture of me outside the shop in hot, bright sunshine.

We then headed home, with one short stop for me to take yet another picture of the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank.

With a couple of miles to go Super Domestique Steve went ahead to get back to our house, and I did a short loop to make sure that I was well over the 4000 mile total.  I then started to get worried, because our road is a nightmare of pot holes and gravel, and I could envisage myself falling off at the last moment whilst being on video.  I survived OK, phew!

I had a warm welcome by neighbours, Paul and Jane from Rick Green Cycles, my brother and sister-in-law Pete and Ann, and, of course, Super Domestique.  Celebrations then started.  In the evening there was a very heavy and noisy thunderstorm, but I don't care about the weather any more!

Huge thanks to my neighbours Collette and Stuart, and their baby Charlotte.  The main thanks is to Charlotte, who has ensured that they get up early every morning, and photograph and video me when I set off.  They've also recorded when I return each day and keep track of how many miles I've done.  Collette is one of my independent witnesses, who must make a statement to Guinness about witnessing my challenge.   They kindly presented me with a cake:

Also, huge thanks to Paul (my other independent witness), and the rest of the Green family at Rick Green Cycles in Handforth.  I've visited there nearly every day except Sundays, and have always felt assured that if anything was wrong with my bike it would be sorted out very quickly.

This is starting to sound like an Oscar speech!

Of course, my biggest thanks goes to Super Domestique.  He has been my slave for 30 days.  He's been cooking, baking, washing, route planning, puncture fixing, and much more.  He's also been working.  I'm now worried about what the payback is.

I'll be writing more blogs over the next few weeks, so please keep looking for new posts.  I'm sure you're all eager to find out how many times I crossed the M6, or how many times I passed through the lights in Middlewich.

I would be very pleased if you can contribute to Alzheimer's Research UK on my fundraising page:

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/JanetDavison

Buttock News

Issue 13

Happy shorts and happy bottom.  I can't believe how comfortable I've been on the bike.  I've never reached the end of the day being desperate to get off the bike.  

I'm sorry, but this is the last edition of Buttock News.  Bye!

      

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