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19/05/2009

S1

Tom Faulkner, Kelly Macaskill, Kate Newman, Me, Rosie Chapleo, William Moy, Sarah Pearson, Amy Fee
(excuse any omissions)

From a personal point of view I would like to say an end of season thank you to those lovely people from Scott Dunn. Primarily for their Sunday morning sausage party at pralong. If that sounds a bit wrong then a slightly more civilised description would be an al fresco full English breakfast outside the Pralong complete with flowing mountain stream and curious on looking lifties. Usually breakfast for me starts at 10am and involves a bowl of Mr Kellogg’s finest. To get up at 8.30 on a Sunday and be presented with a large fried breakfast, although welcome, was a slight shock to the system. And as a bonus, watching Will trying to make 11 sausages disappear before the meat sweats got the better of him.

Alex, the editor.

This town is coming round a ghost time.
For many people, including me, the final edition (19) of the enquirer doesn’t mean the actual end of the season. A week (or two) follows where anything but normal service is resumed. Every day is dominated by the departure of at least one company’s worth of staff. Whether it be a caravelle load of Scott Dunn nannies or the Skival hosts it creates a invariable gap in the following evenings bar crowd. It also gives an excuse for some final drunken farewells.
But by the end even Jimbo had shut up shop at the Refuge leaving me and a couple of Scott Dunner managers. Luckily thanks to sorting out my car insurance I wasn't the last man standing.

Courchevel to England... on a bike .. done.
For the majority of people their choice of transport at the end of season has at least four wheals and maybe a couple of wings. The exceptions to this rule where Ben Vincent (Ski Higher), Matt(Jump) and Claire(Jump) who decided on a more sedate pace using only two wheels. With Freddie(Jump) and Amy(TJ's) in the support vehicle they made their way to Le Harve.

Here are some text messages from their first couple of days.
Day 1
Got a flat tyre 20 meters outside 1850. So walked to Le Praz. Just woke up on a football pitch between albertville and Chambery. Ass really hurts.
Day 2
Way up past the lake. To sum up, Matt's sun glass lens got knocked out by bug, and we're now in place called culoz. All is looking good.. Probably doid about 110km.
Day 3
Doing well. Almost at Macon. Suffering a bit from sun burn, and ass is so numb don't think it hurts anymore. Planning to be in Borges in 2 days. Just had a hot shower for the first time and feel like a new man..
Day 4
Tragic
followed by tragic Day 5
All started off with Matt's slow puncture. Upon arriving in the nearest town by tyre blows. So we walk for ages and turn out the only bike shop in Macon is shut. So in to bed. Then today. After a night of lightning and rain, my tyre blew again. Luckily just before the 10km of steep uphill. But all is looking good now.

It was then I lost contact with the trio and images of a twisted mass of broken tyre spokes in a ditch at the side of the road started crossing my mind.

But luckily this wasn't the case and they all made it home safely.

And so far i have raised just over £1200.
If you think that 1000km is worth a couple ££'s towards the charity in memory of my uncle ( www.jcmt.org.uk ) then please send us a cheque. please make payable to "Johnathan Conville Memorial Trust!" and post to:
Mrs M Kay
Titchbourne Barn
Redlynch
Salisbury
Wilts
SP5 2JX

I can't thank you enough!!