Tuesday, 19th June 2012

Strathy to the Crask Inn. 45 miles
Jack woke up in an extraordinary good mood, 5 minutes early and teasing me for being 5 minutes late.
Yesterday, i had some doubts and felt it likely that he would spend some time in the van during the ride, but he is warming to the task and i think he has realised that he can do this.
Jack has always loved sport and any form of exercise and to be able to compete or take part in a challenge alongside able bodied people has given him a massive lift and he beat Simon up a hill today.
Lets not forget, that what he is trying to achieve is something that most able bodied people half his age are incapable of.
We had a reminder today about how living with Huntington's affects his everday life, when he spilt a cup of hot chocolate down himself - fortunately he was wearing a waterproof coat.
Hot chocolate has proved to be Jacks cycling version of EPO, because together with a slice of cake he can achieve anything in life and after 40 miles today he was beating Simon up Hills!
The justgiving site is going from strength to strength, with regular donations from friends and family and from others who have never met Jack - so a BIG thank you from the whole team. I have added the donations that we have received off line and we are now two thirds the way to achieving our fundraising total of 3k, which is amazing. Today complete strangers have donated 30 pounds.
In all Jack has now completed 85 miles in two days, but now we face our two toughest days yet and over 120 miles to Carbridge - lets hope the rain is not too hard and the wind is slight.
The bad news is that the Crask Inn has no tv, so we will miss the England game, as it is miles from nowhere - but the place is charming and they sell real ale, so i guess we will cope.