{"id":4386,"date":"2018-12-19T11:14:49","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T11:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biketheukforms.org\/?p=4386"},"modified":"2018-12-20T11:14:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T11:14:00","slug":"tom-bedford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.biketheukforms.org\/\/tom-bedford\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Bedford &#8211; John O&#8217;Groats to Land&#8217;s End &#038; Sea to Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-26895 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-307391 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-788655 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Sum up your memories about the trip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">I\u2019m not sure that I can think of a way I would have rather see the country, in the course of two weeks I probably saw more varied places than I had before and on more than one occasion all 4 seasons in one day. As with anything there were a few bad moments when we found ourselves caught out by terrible weather and hard riding but riding in a group made it so much easier to deal with and meeting people who we were helping and hearing their stories and how grateful they were made even the unpleasant moments good on reflection.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">What\u2019s your favourite memory from your trip?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Meeting the MS group in Bath!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">______________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">What is your age?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">23<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">What made you want to ride your bike across the country? &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">I wanted a challenge and had never done anything like it before so riding the across the country for the charity was an appealing way to both complete a personal challenge and help a good cause.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Where do you live?<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Cambridge<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">What is your profession?<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">PhD Student<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">What routes\/years did you ride with Bike the UK for MS? &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">JOGLE 2015 &amp; 2017<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Sea to Sea 2018<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Do you have a connection to Multiple Sclerosis?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">No<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">_________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><u style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Pre-trip<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">How much training did you do for your trip?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">I rode 2 or 3 times a week and increased the distances of weekend riding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">What was your cycling experience before signing up?<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">I had been an amateur triathlete for three years but hadn\u2019t really ridden more than 80 miles at once.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Where did you find the most success fundraising?<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Mostly just though a mass email to family and friends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">What was your biggest challenge while fundraising, or something that didn\u2019t work as well as you thought it might?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">I tried organising small events but given my studies at the time it was difficult to plan around them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Embarking on any big trip can be intimidating. What was your biggest pre-trip worry?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Having a serious mechanical issue which would require a shop to fix.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">How did you travel to and from the trip?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Sleeper train to Inverness then John O&#8217;Groats Bike Transport.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">The second time I took another train from Inverness to Thurso and then a local bus to John O\u2019Groats. Would recommend the bike transport method where possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">_________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><u style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Gear<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Did you buy a bike for the trip, or was it a bike you already had?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">I had already had the bike for a while but I gave it a service and replaced old parts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">What is something you wish you had brought which you didn\u2019t?<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">I really could have done with mudguards and waterproof gloves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">What\u2019s one thing you brought that you couldn\u2019t have lived without?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">A portable power pack, was very useful on days when there weren\u2019t any chargers around.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">What\u2019s one thing you brought that you wish you hadn\u2019t?<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">The main one would be my sunglasses but only because I lost them somewhere in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Is there anything you spent a bit more money on that you were glad you did?<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">My sleeping bag.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>Likewise, is there something you wish you\u2019d spent more money on?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">I shouldn\u2019t have bought a cheap waterproof, it ended up being next to useless.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600;\">How much casual clothes (t-shirts, shorts, etc) did you bring?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Three changes of clothes (only one pair of trousers and a tracksuit).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">How many pairs of cycling shorts\/bibs did you bring?<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">2 pairs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">What type of camping gear did you bring?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">A tent, mattress and sleeping bag + some basic cooking stuff (stove, mess tins).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">_________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><u style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Food<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">What was your favourite van snack?<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Soreen, clif bars or fruit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">How often would you go out to eat?<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Three or four times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Would you cook at camp often? If so, what was your favourite recipe?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">I cooked pretty often, mostly it involved a lot of pasta with sauce from a pot and some kind of green vegetable thrown in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">What did you put in your day cubby (in the rest stop van)?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Food (Soreen, clif bars and fruit), rehydration tablets (nuun), occasionally some energy drink powder, sun cream and extra inner tubes if I used the spare I was carrying.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">_________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><u style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">On-the-bike<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Did you prefer to ride alone or in a group?<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Preferred to ride in a group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">What would you keep in your bike jersey pockets?<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Puncture repair stuff, multitool and small food (energy gels or clif bar).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Did you use a rack\/saddle bag\/handlebar bag?<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">I used a top tube bag to keep my money, phone and a second tube.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">What type of tyres did you ride?<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Continental GP4 seasons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Did you use a bike computer? What was your normal pace?<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">I used a Garmin watch but with no route mapping.&nbsp;Around 12-15 mph when the winds were ok.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600;\">How long did it take to learn to read the maps?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Not too long, pretty much in the first day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Riding on a flat terrain with a headwind, or climbing a mountain pass for miles. Which do you prefer?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Climbing the pass, I find flat riding in the wind demoralisingly slow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Would you rather be riding through cold rain or extreme heat?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Extreme heat at least then its not easy to fall off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">What was the most physically challenging segment for you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">For me it was day 4, I hadn\u2019t quite adjusted and the climb at the end combined with not eating enough made the last hour very unpleasant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">_________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><u style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Routine<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Were you an early riser,&nbsp;or rolling out of camp late?<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Generally left just before the van but left early on long days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">When you got to camp, the first thing you did was\u2026.<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Put my tent up and ate something.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">How often would you do laundry?<br style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Every couple of days (ended up showering in my cycling kit a few times).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">It\u2019s the evening and you\u2019re out of your bike clothes, fed, and your tent is pitched. What are you doing to pass the time until you fell asleep?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Reading a book or sitting in the pub if there was one near the camp, occasionally visiting a nearby town if there was one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">On the rest day, did you prefer to go out and see what the town has to offer, or did you hang out, rest up, and relax?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">I preferred to relax during the day and go out with the group in the evening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Did you keep a journal or blog during the trip?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">No<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">_________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal; text-decoration-line: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Reflecting<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Do you keep in touch with many of your teammates?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Not as much as I would have liked to.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">What was your favourite MS group meet up?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">My favourite was the meeting in Glasgow (Dumbarton group).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">Do you feel like you are more aware of the impact that MS has on the lives of those affected by it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Definitely, meeting the different groups and hearing about peoples personal stories made me much more aware of it and also the funding issues some of them are contending with that the rides help towards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; line-height: normal;\">What was your biggest takeaway from the trip?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 1em 0px; box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: #444444; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">My biggest takeaway was the general impression I got from talking with people with MS across the different local branches and how it affects their lives in so many different ways as before participating in the ride I knew next to nothing about it as I had no personal connection to MS.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not sure that I can think of a way I would have rather see the country, in the course of two weeks I probably saw more varied places than I had before and on more than one occasion all 4 seasons in one day. 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