The tour de farce 2010 boys will be back on their bikes ... coming soon!

In August 2012 the boys will be back in their saddles as they cycle from Rome to Home to raise more money for charity. Please follow the blog to keep up to date with their preparations, and to follow their exploits during the ride.


Thursday 23 August 2012

End of day 14

Well, the boys are currently in the middle of the English Channel on a freight ferry with lots of 'truckers' (fill in your own joke here..........).  There's no wifi or mobile signal and so there aren't any photos or personal blog updates tonight.  They made excellent time, getting to the ferry terminal about 4 hours before the sailing.   They've had a good trucker-like meal on the boat (I'm imagining a big fry-up, but I don't want to stereotype) and are trying to get some shut eye before landing in Ramsgate (actually, not sure that they are landing in Ramsgate as I don't think there's a ferry terminal there, and I think you 'dock' when you are on a boat, rather than land?  I don't know and I'm quite tired).  They will then find their way to a hotel somewhere in Ramsgate for some much needed shut-eye.

Tomorrow they are heading back (big hurrah's all round).  George says that they "will be passing by Tower Bridge sometime between 1pm and 3pm" and so if you have a spare 2 hours that you don't mind wasting lurking about in Central London pop down and probably miss them as they speed by.

Tomorrow night is the homecoming party.  They would really love to see their friends there - it's been a tremendously tough couple of weeks for them all.  None of them anticipated quite how hard this would be and so it would be so brilliant for them to be supported by their friends and family tomorrow night.  I can't promise that they will stay awake all evening, and I'm pretty sure that they will be standing up rather than sitting down, but it promises to be a lovely evening thanks to Jeff and Rhonda a the Rose and Crown and their wonderful hospitality.

Last update tomorrow (a tear has come to my eye...)

Over and out.

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