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Francis Benali, a stalwart supporter of CRUK, and local football legend, sent a good luck message to all those involved in the ride to Rome. The video of this message can now be found on the Continental Ride page of the website.

We apologise for the lack of tracking today, Thursday 25 August. Apparently the provider’s website has a problem which hopefully will be resolved shortly.

A new page has been added to the website – 2016 Live! There are some links to a satellite tracker, Facebook and a blog. These will go live in practical terms once the ride has started. Please alert family and friends to the page so that they can follow your progress. If any riders have…

As previously intimated, the UK part of the route has changed. • The start location has been amended from the Southampton General Hospital to the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Romsey Road, Winchester, SO22 5DG. A new gpx file is supplied below for the UK part of the ride (filename: Winch-Ports.gpx). Winch-Ports • The zip file…

Home to Rome participant Mark Rickenbach has been spreading the word. Have a read of this: Daily ECHO cycle article Mark has also been busy fundraising by displaying his bike at the surgery to encourage patients and staff to donate! Great idea – the cycle to work scheme could take on a whole new meaning…

Here is an extract from a message received from CRUK. Dear Members of the Home to Rome Ride Thank you so much for taking part in the upcoming Inspired Living bike ride to Rome, and in doing so, joining the fight against cancer. Research is being carried out across the UK thanks to people like…

The final training ride will take place this Sunday 24th July, starting at 8am from Hursley. Below is the route, a scenic one of 66 miles heading north, with a café stop half way in Amesbury. Now that everyone is up to speed with this sort of distance there is only the one route. Hopefully…

The Continental Ride page of the Inspired Living website has been updated to include route notes and other essential associated documents. Please visit the page and action the instructions accordingly.

A light nylon line to hang washing on, plus a couple of pegs and 2 cheap plastic hangers which really help to dry shorts and jerseys. Earplugs & an eyeshade (I’ve found wax are the most effective! E.g. Quies) A USB charger: Lots to charge overnight – Phone, Garmin, lights and so on. (Pack light…

I wondered about my sanity as I headed out early in the light rain to a deserted Black Hill car park, joined shortly by Mark R and Helen, with the remainder arriving by bike from Chandlers Ford – Mike, Andy and team Young (Steve, Lynne & Jack). The route had plenty of New Forest highlights…

A good turnout for the first of 3 consecutive days of riding on Friday afternoon. Let’s hope the forecast for Sunday morning in the New Forest is inaccurate!

As promised, 3 consecutive days of riding are on offer to get you ready for the epic journey to Rome. 🙂 Friday 8 July – meet in the Hursley Club car park at 16.30 ready to follow Mike for 45 miles. Saturday 9 July – it’s an 08.00 start for a 70 miler with Andy….

Where are the weeks and months going?! It was great to see such a big turnout for our last training run and the next one is almost upon us already. 🙂 We’ve set the ride for an earlier start of 8.00am from Hursley Clubhouse. Since everyone who did the 50 mile route last time found…

Guy Rafferty has a little tale to tell……. Meandering around the South Downs on some new roads and familiar hills…… A great start with a sweet espresso at Chez Wadley (thank you Lyn!) after the warm up ride from home. Cloudy skies soon gave way to blue as the temperatures rose (up to 25C). It…

Important information from the organising team The Rider Information Pack (RIP) has now been loaded on to the Continental Ride page of the website. It is a condition of taking part in the ride that you download and read this before departure and you will be asked to sign a waiver statement confirming that you…