Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Correction...

Forget gruelling... I had a fantastic weekend!

I left home on Friday evening, and caught the Caledonian sleeper from Euston. After an unusually restless night (despite having a cabin to myself), I arrived in Aviemore early the next morning with only a few hours sleep in the bag. My mate picked me up from the station (and took me for a slap-up breakfast, bless him), and we headed into the hills for a little stroll before the Scottish Bikeathon the next day. The weather was foul (8h spent inside the bloody rain cloud), but the mountains were conquered regardless!

We camped out before getting up at 5.30am to make it back to civilisation in time for the Bikeathon. The ride (26 miles) was loads of fun, and we met up with other friends for lunch half way round. A huge thank you is due to all of you who sponsored me; I raised £600 (at the last count), and the event as a whole raised over £35,000 for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.

We needed a beer after the ride, and some food, so we headed for the pub. Sometime later, and because we'd all had a few drinks the reasons are too complicated to explain, we ended up (suitably dressed, if I remember rightly) in the pub's outdoor hot-tub with several other friends. An hour and a half later...

We still needed to find some food, and somewhere to stop for the night, so it seemed like a good idea (at the time) to gate-crash a nearby music fest. There was food [tick], more beer [tick], and camping [tick tick]. We also discovered Charlie Mckerron was playing; this was a particular treat, because not only is he a first-rate fiddle player, he's also rather a dish.

With another early start to catch my train the next morning I was desperately short of sleep, but it was more than worth it! And it was all in a good cause after all.


If you'd still like to contribute to my sponsorship fund, you can do so here: http://www.justgiving.com/leighforbes.

8 comments:

Sue Guiney said...

Amazing feat! Congrats.

Anonymous said...

Well done indeed. One day we'll be up there at the same time...

Leigh Forbes said...

Thanks, Sue!

Captain - We will. And it will be raining ;o)

DAB said...

Well done you :) DABx

Deborah Carr (Debs) said...

Wow, I'm so impressed. Well done you!

Flowerpot said...

That is amazing - what an achievement!

Leigh Forbes said...

DAB, Debs, and Flowerpot - Thank you! I'm really proud of myself :-D
(the word verification for this comment is 'empered' !)

HelenMWalters said...

Blimey, he is a dish. I approve. Err, was there something about a bike ride as well ...