An uphill struggle, but Jack made it!

Tuesday, 26th June 2012
Musselburgh to Eyemouth 50m
Sometimes there is a fine dividing line between winning and losing or achieving or not achieving.
At times today i really thought Jack might throw in the towel and end up in a taxi (thats if we could find one).
If the headwind was not bad enough, given Jacks disease and the day he had yesterday, the climbs over Penmanshiel Moor and Lumsdaine Moor were brutal.
For the latter part of the day as he weaved up the climbs all i could hear was Jack cursing after every corner as he battled mind over matter to reach the top. Even on the decents, he was so tired he could barely turn the peddles as we rolled into our motel having completed another 50 miles at 5.30pm after 8.5hrs in the saddle.
I said yesterday that Jack could not push his bike up a hill because of his disease - he can, and did after his climb was interupted by a lorry and he could not get going again, such was the steepness of the hill and Jack's desire to suceed. I have no doubts now that he will reach St James's Park, Newcastle at 4pm on Friday.
Earlier in the day as we surrounded Jack to get him out of Edinburgh safely, we were followed by a bus for five minutes, unable to overtake. As the lights turned red, the driver got out and i thought the worse. Imagine my surprise when he gave Denise ten pounds for the charity and wished us luck! Like all the donations we have received so far, we are very grateful and makes Jack's achievement even greater, now that we are over the 2k mark and trying to close in on our target of 3k.
Tomorrow we are off to Beadnell and will take in Berwick on Tweed and Holy Island (Lindisfarne).
You can sponsor Jack on justgiving.com/geordiejack or send a cheque made out to the Huntington's Association c/o julie Carruthers, 86 Eldred Avenue, Westdene, Brighton, East Sussex.