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The Washington lads turn up nice and early and are keen to get off Chris Emmet, Barry Smith and William Angus, didn’t have a particular route and said they would be fine with Google maps! So off the...

Danny, Freddie and Graham then set off for the next leg, a gruelling 40 miles. The weather wasn’t friendly either with drizzle constantly and then the odd down pour. 15 miles in we get a call from D...

It’s the last morning and at 6.00am Andy Turner, Jayne Hartley, Danny and Freddie from last night (not so muddy today), Angela Doyle and Rory Magner lined up for their photo and got ready for the of...

Danny and Freddie from Heywood were dropped off by Steve and joined Cameron from FareShare after he had completed the 25 miles into Millers Dale, after a quick break they headed out to complete the la...

Meanwhile, at FareShare East Midlands (Chesterfield) the welcome team and rider for the next leg, Cameron MacDonald from FareShare, were shown fantastic hospitality from our host, Wendy, who was on ha...

This leg is a killer, it is long 42.3 miles and it is hills galore, and not just little ones, some were climbing to 1300ft, you can image the strength you need to complete that. Again the weather was ...

Riding alone, Paul Matthew from Spalding was able to set his own pace. He gave Dave the checkpoints, and was off with a bang (well, failing horn!). Before long, Paul, who was planning the ride alone, ...

Wow, we can’t quite believe it and if we hadn’t have been there we wouldn’t have believed it, Mark and Stuart set off for a 34.5 mile ride to Derby. It was windy, it was wet, it was miserable...

Karlene Leonard, Yvonne Fox, Stephanie Smithson, Claire Pogson and David Jackson are our riders today, supported by Dave Thomas as support car and Rick Rampley as Van driver. It’s an early start for...

The morning started so well, the best in Big Bike history, with Andrew Watson, Alex Grieves and Bob Freeborough from Dairy Crest joining Dan Hemsley and Stuart Waldron from Nuneaton, Simon Dudley fro...