Location tracking takes a leap forward

We have invested in a Spot Gen3 tracker, and boy oh boy, it's lovely.  The annual subscription is a little on the steep side, but, seeing as it includes private Search & Rescue if he's in trouble, that's OK.  We will be testing it out on DunRun later this month.

It is not in anyway dependent on cell phone towers or signal, and runs directly off the satellites to send position and a selection of messages to a phone via SMS.   We have experimented with all the buttons (except the SOS button), and it works beautifully.

Preparation for the WOW Cylothon 2017

The biggest problem we've faced for Nick cycling the Wow Cyclothon is rounding up enough people for the support team, and this week, I think we have finally got it sorted out perfectly, adding a lovely young man to the team, who in addition to being able to drive and get on with people, has some bike mechanic skills.

We also have a nurse of the support team, who hopefully won't be required to do anything other than drive!

Departure -10

In just 10 days, we set off on our first 'major' adventure with our camper van (Footsack).  My husband intends to cycle from John O'Groats to Lands End, and Footsack and I will be support.  We're aiming to stop and sleep wherever he stops, and at the moment I am consumed with waypointing laybys, car parks, pubs etc that are happy to be used by overnighters.  I reckon this will take me another day or two to complete.

We had Footsack built for us by Camper Kong in Wigan, to meet our needs on cycle support journeys, and to be pleasant to holiday in, and although we've only had the van for 5 months, its filling our needs perfectly.

Footsack

Today we got Nick's bike back from its annual service too.  Hopefully nothing will go wrong with it during the ride.  Although we will be carrying spare tubes/tires and some other bits and pieces, we will not be carrying a spare bike.

Nick is hoping to cycle the WOW Cyclothon next year, and this will be a test for that in many ways.  An opportunity to iron out any problems with nutrition and muscles.  He is planning 2 new bikes for the WOW ride.