Welcome to day two of cycling the perimeter of Britain fundraising for Movember. So, first thing, thank you everyone who selected that I could get the ferry. Uh, it changed the route a little bit, but ultimately it made for a really fun little experience for me and I’m really really glad I did it. Your bike goes on the ferry, you sit on the ferry, it’s about 15 minutes or so and the ferry basically just goes across from where I was staying into Felix Dough. It just means that the route is slightly altered. But actually what it meant is I ended up riding further today than I was originally planning to, which is good. The boat literally rams the beach on the other side and then you have to hike up it. Look at the people to the left of me struggling to get up it while I’m carrying a really heavy bike up it. Had a really good group today. It was amazing to have ridden with so many people today. and to have people at the side of the road like just watching and cheering and supporting. Like honestly, it means a hell of a lot and it’s quite overwhelming if I’m being totally frank. Uh I I didn’t expect it. So, thank you everyone that came. Now, this is where I got dropped on the hill. Uh I got to ride today with my mate Nibs, who I don’t see very often. He’s the guy in the white jersey. And it’s always a pleasure. Nibs actually rode the whole day with me today and then he rode home. So, he did 235 km. What a legend. Shout out to him. And here’s some of the other people I got to ride with when we had a little stop at Morrison’s to get some food. This is at Nest Point, which is the most eastern point of the United Kingdom. I wish there was more there. There’s nothing. This is a really loud pub in Great Y, which was kind of scary. So, we left there pretty quickly. And this is just like some of the general beautiful roads and windmills there are around this part of the United Kingdom. That one Nibs really liked. Uh this is where I went for a townside sprint and I won. So that’s a success. Uh and we had some really really sandy roads. One of my takeaways from this part of the country is the roads are really sandy. Uh I’m just showing the town sprint again because I can still one. But yeah, most importantly, it was amazing to have so many people come out and ride today and have conversations about men’s mental health and mental health awareness in general. So, thank you to everyone that came out and joined. I really, really appreciated it. We finished in a pub, stirka, a pint for nibs, and I went and had a look at the desserts, which looked amazing. Thank you so much for watching. See you for the next one. [Music]
5 Comments
Good for you. Actually shows you how many good people care. Take care
That’s so wonderful Chris 🤩 I can’t imagine how wonderful it must feel to have people cheering you on. What you are doing is so inspiring and important. 🥰 wishing you all the best and following along 🙌🏻🇮🇪 Slán go fóill
Amazing work man. So inspiring!! I’m hoping to come out and ride with you when you get to lynington! 🤞🏼
Like this short format for the daily updates. Great stuff.
When you get to day 4 – Newport Bridge is closed, if you divert via the Tees Barrage following the river footpath and then go down the back of the caravan park and Asda you can come out at Portrack on Marston Road. It’s a little bit of cinder track riding.