Why?

Life is great! Wife, Kids, Job, Car, Hot tub!... all there keeping the dream alive and kicking... but somehow that fag out by the backdoor led to an urge of adrenalin that kicked me into gear to sort and organise another personal challenge for the coming year.

So many ideas over the past 5 years since the last successful challenge of cycling from London to Paris. Yet no fruit to show! Lots of let downs resulting from the feeling the best challenges are achieved through building teams (however small) to complete the challenge alongside you. So this would be the change to assure a successful challenge.... I will do it on my own, and if they come then so be it, but prepare a solo challenge.

And in that flash of self assurance born from the independence of others, my mind quickly turned to the challenge itself.... on a bike of course!.... Lands End to John ‘o’ Groats? A bit boring!... I have at the end of the day spent the last 10 years of my career driving the length and breadth of the UK.... not exactly fresh. The mind quickly seemed to move towards the idea of extending the first challenge of London to Paris.... Let’s go south from Paris!..... I want to see Barcelona.... and that was the moment!... fag half burnt, the cold getting at me (along with the bin smell!) it was time to build some personal pride... and the journey had started.