Change of plan for Day 1 !

Well we said it was an adventure! We were on the way to San Diego airport yesterday and Maurice picks upa 5 minute phone message from our driver Scott who had problems entering Canada. So we're in Canada but our landrover and trailor are in the states ! So we taxi from Vancouver airport to hotel and Maurice goes to border to get the landrover and trailor!

Team meeting last night concluded that we will drive out of Vancouver closer to the border and start our journey from there. That way we will miss the Vancouver rush hour and get the car back to Scott who stayed in the states last night.

Interesting start! Anyway, it's 6am here and we are just packing up before breakfast and head off in an hour.

We're here!

Travel plan perfect - met at LAX airport in LA by Maurice and spent the night at their magnificent house in Santa Fe. (near San Diego). Great meal out in a local Pizza restaurant with local micro brewery beer - 4000 calories each consumed - good training for the ride!! Now poolside while Maurice is at work - life is tough! Best to make the best of it before the ride I guess.

Ready to go!

Well that's it. Bike in the box, bag packed, routes mapped. Just 3000kms to ride now! Thanks to everyone for their donations to our charities - this has really encouraged us as we have prepared for this challenge and will help ease any discomfort in the rear on the way down. Loving the bike box!!

Good weekend of training helped by the weather. Good 65km ride Saturday on my own and then 96km on Sunday with big Cog and Nick. Very lumpy ride into East Sussex.

Welcome to our blog - 6 guys who met up and were inspired enough by a ride from Lands End to John O'Groats in 2010 to want to do another big ride. Thanks to Maurice Brear who has organised it all we will be embarking on a ride down the Pacific Coast in September from Vancouver to Mexico. 3000kms over 23 days cycling should keep us all out of mischief!!

We will be using this blog to family, friends, sponsors and others on our preparations leading up to the ride and our progress during it. We hope you will find it of interest - it's a fair challenge so your messages of encouragement would be gratefully received.

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Chris

Getting gear together to cycle to work in the City tomorrow - up at 5am, park in Sevenoaks then 25 miles on the bike. Same process home. Looking forward to getting some miles in - been a poor week.

Good training ride Saturday. Cycled from Tonbridge to see the finish of the Olympic Mens road race. Great atmosphere in London just a shame Cavendish couldn't close the gap enough to set up a sprint finish to Gold ! Cycled back to Tonbridge. So 115km ride and got to get my first taste of the Olympics.