So it all started 6am one Monday morning in Luton airport. 4 pints of Guinness before the 1st plane out to Alicante and then a boozy afternoon with friends in Benidorm. And that's when it happened. "Do you want to do an 80 mile bike ride for charity?" That's when I made the reckless decision to enrol. Now the other side of 50 with an office job that means I'm on my arse 80% of the day. And with a passion for Xbox Netflix and cold beer has resulted in me now being north of 100kg. So today was the 1st time back in the saddle for quite some time. And I thought it would be a good idea to keep a diary to look back on........so here goes