This is us.
And this is the first post on the blog of our journey across the USA. It’s more than a month until we set off, but there is still an awful lot to do: kit to buy, route planning to do, travel insurance to sort out and we should probably get some training in at some point. So whilst you are all wondering how Spain could possibly have lost to Switzerland and pondering how you’re going to spend your gloriously sunny evenings, we are likely to be in bike shops, or, in my case, sat on an exercise bike.
The plan is that from now on I will chronicle (well, at least jot down) all of the significant events leading up to the trip and then keep a daily blog en route. Hopefully it should be interesting and vaguely amusing for the people following our progress at home, but at the very least it will give us something to do in the evenings.
At the moment we’re just starting the big drive to get some sponsorship and we would be very grateful if you could click on the numerous links on this site to go through to our justgiving page and give whatever you can. £10,000 is a pretty steep target, but we hope that with a big effort on our part we should be able to get there. In donating you get a double whammy: you are helping a good cause and giving us the extra incentive to keep on pedalling.
Stay tuned, things might just get interesting…
The Parkes and Stockham Cycle Part 2: TransAmerica 
Well done lads, a fantastic challenge. Looking forward to following your blog
First day today – best of luck, I gave myself a rest day after two days commuting across London…
Hey guys; Your blog is great – you have quite an ability to tell a story! And the serendipity is going quite nicely – a night under the stars then a river trip with four young lasses. Wow. Oh, and one thing… don’t believe it when they try to tell you that the rattlesnakes will latch onto your tire and inflict multiple leg wounds. It hardley ever happens that way.Mytchell.