Pushing It Uphill

Peter, the master manipulator exposes one of Adrian's best kept secrets and talks him into another fundraising challenge during this, our last podcast.  Apologies to Di from MD Tas who Adrian couldn't name during the recording! Donations to the ride can be made here: https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/ Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/muscula...

A quick wrap up from The House of Bruar, a right (upmarket) tourist trap. Donations to the ride can be made here: https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/ Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Dear listeners, we make it to our ultimate destination, with the help of Neurofen, Trail Science and a couple of lovely English chaps Donations to the ride can be made here: https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/ Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Bonnie views all day, but with the wind on the bonce, it's a reminder that the ride isn't quite done... Today you meet fellow LEJOG-ger Richard Fulham. He and his riding mate the effervescent Paul are doing a blog along the way that is a great read. https://rplejog.blogspot.com/  Donations to the ride can be made here: https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/ Follow Muscular Dystrophy T...

Through the powers of having decent Internet/WIFI and video calls, we get an update from Peter and preview Adrian’s ride.  Donations to the ride can be made here: https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/ Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Strong headwinds, lots of up and down and raining on and off all day. Sounds like cycling in the Scottish summer! There be an update on Peter's elbow in this episode too. Donations to the ride can be made here: https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/ Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Feeling a touch glum in Scotland as Peter gets the news we didn't really want to hear. Thanks to the great people of the NHS for their help and support also. Donations to the ride can be made here: https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/ Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Firstly, they build them tough in Geelong. Peter is slogging it out on the Scottish roads - like a Scottish Commonwealth Games boxer crossed with Tyler Hamilton. Paul and Richard were great company today (thanks lads) - flat tyres have their upside. Donations to the ride can be made here: https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/ Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook...

Our producers said we needed more drama, so Peter delivers with a very nasty elbow injury from a crash. Long days ahead as we are about to head into the Highlands. Also, the roads in Scotland have been a bit rubbish so far. Happy birthday Bobby! Donations to the ride can be made here: https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/ Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com...

Oh the blissful feeling of tailwinds, finally! A record pace set today, although Peter's shoulders are a little sore and Adrian's bum hurts! Donations to the ride can be made here: https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/ Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Could this be our best day yet? Legs are good as we charge into the second half of the ride! Donations to the ride can be made here: https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/ Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Leaving the stunts to Nicole Kidman from here, after Adrian takes a tumble. Kissing gates can kiss our... Donations to the ride can be made here: https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/ Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

A workman like performance  and very happy to see the finish line today. A few aches creeping in, but the legs are feeling F.I.N.E. fine - for the mo! Donations to the ride can be made here: https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/ Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Bit of a cricket tour today on what will likely be our easiest day in the saddle.  Donations to the ride can be made here: https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/ Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Bawdrip in Somerset has the friendliest people. Nigel and Gail from Cobwebs Cottage made us coffee and gave us bananas for the road. When you punch out over 170km (glad that is over) across three counties, you need all the help you can get! Donations to the ride can be made here: https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/ Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musc...

We rode across a ford, saw squirrels (some squashed), horses (posh), ancient buildings and plenty more paddocks with cows as we crossed into Devon for more climbing than we were anticipating today.  You can learn more about Rupert Guinness (who we mention) here https://escapecollective.com/join-team-rupe-help-rupert-guinness-conquer-the-race-across-america/ Also, happy 40th anniversary to Sue and...

So much to see today, which made the hard riding a little easier. Cornwall has lots of friendly people and lots of hills! Donations to the ride can be made here: https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/ Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

It was great to finally get pedalling today as we churned out 46 miles from Land’s End to Truro - with a detour or two along the way. Plenty of wind, rain on and off and lots to look at. Paddocks, wildflowers, beaches, cows and larks ascending.  We also met Heather and Karen who are also doing LEJOG. Legends! Here’s their website - https://ridefortheirlives.net/rides/lejogo Donations to the ride c...

Well, hopefully that is our most stressful day of the trip. After a very long day getting to Cornwall, we've had a big meal at Kathmandu Nepalese in Truro (6 stars, very clean toilets) and got our Orro Gold bikes setup and ready.   So it's now up to us, our legs and other contact points on the bike. Bring on tomorrow! Donations to the ride can be made here: https://lejogbikeride.gofundra...

In this episode we meet a couple of brothers who are putting some blood, sweat and tears (ok, just sweat) into a cool start-up making sports recovery cream from Tasmanian oils. Trail Science is a brand that has an ethos of respecting the environment and celebrating Tasmania in every sense. And they also have a bit of fun with their products and packaging which is super clever and funny – very Tasm...

Getting out and training three to four times a week is one thing. Riding 15 days in a row is quite another. We were more than thrilled to have professional cyclist Nathan Earle come in to have a chat and pass on some wisdom about how we look after ourselves when cycling day after day. Nathan is one of the most resilient and determined sportspeople we have ever met. He has had many setbacks over hi...

We’re not all related, but we still have some ‘Tasmanian’ moments down here in our island state. In this episode, hear how Peter and Adrian were quietly going about separate cross training sessions and managed to bump into each other and share a wee dram in the middle of nowhere. Also, catchup on other administrative bibs and bobs (what are bibs and bobs?) in a slightly more truncated episode. Bid...

Well, hold onto your sporrans listeners, we’ve managed to get a proper famous Scotsman to help us review the last third of our cycling trip. Bruce Fummey is a Scottish stand-up comedian known for his irreverent take on traditional Scottish culture. He also presents Scotland History Tours on YouTube, a wildly popular channel with over 178,000 subscribers that has exploded over the past few years. L...

In this episode we meet another in kind sponsor of our ride. Andrew Harcourt from Creative Imagery in Hobart will be assisting us from the other side of the world with the editing of podcasts while we are on the road in the UK, so you, our dear listener can stay in touch with our travels.  If you’ve been to, or watched a major sporting event in Australia, chances are you’ve seen Andrew’s work. And...

In this episode we take a break from our course previews, to meet someone who is supporting us in our fundraising efforts.   Mark Laforest is a Director of Atlas Events, the company behind the Coles Bay Triathlon, the Hobart Marathon, Brisbane Marathon and Sunshine Coast Marathon, to name but a few of their community focused sporting events. Mark and the team are helping us fundraise and raise the...