Posts by David Greenaway
The VC’s Life Cycle 3 Blog: Day 1 – Nottingham to York
August 20, 2013
At breakfast we were discussing weather forecasts. After Chris had reported, he said ‘By the way Nick, I’ve checked your horoscope; you’re going to have lots of punctures over the next two weeks’. How prophetic was that. Within three miles of departing we had our first puncture. But it wasn’t Nick, it was Chris! (And …
The VC’s Life Cycle 3 Blog: Day 0 – Final Preparations
August 19, 2013
Oh how time flies! It hardly seems like yesterday since we arrived in Dover to complete Life Cycle 2. It was a full year ago, yet so much has happened since then. Perhaps that’s the point, there is so much going on that time passes almost unnoticed. We had our final briefing earlier this week. …
Life Cycle 3
August 14, 2013
During a visit to our School of Economics, I was asked ‘does this get easier each year?’ Psychologically it does help to have cycled over 1,000 miles, in that you have some sense of what is coming. But physically it most certainly does not get any easier: partly because 14 consecutive days in the saddle …
The VC’s Life Cycle 2 Blog: Day 14 – Eastbourne to Dover
September 7, 2012
It’s interesting how distance becomes relative. At breakfast today when our maps were handed out, there was real delight that we ‘only’ had about 65 miles to do. Four months ago we were not even doing that in training runs. And, apart from two big climbs, one out of Hastings and one into Dover, it …
The VC’s Life Cycle 2 Blog: Day 13 – Winchester to Eastbourne
September 6, 2012
We passed 1,000 miles today, at Rottingdean, east of Brighton. It was a great feeling, that’s a lot of miles in a saddle. We had a comfortable night in a Hall of Residence at the University of Winchester. No breakfast was available, so the Support Team rustled up a Bunkhouse style offering from what was …
The VC’s Life Cycle 2 Blog: Day 12 – Banbury to Winchester
September 5, 2012
We stayed overnight at the Cromwell Arms in Banbury and Susan joined us for dinner. It is a well situated hotel, with excellent rooms and good food. Today’s route was put together by our leg rider Doug Thomson. Doug is a History graduate and a very good friend of the University. He lives in Woodstock …
The VC’s Life Cycle 2 Blog: Day 11 – Nottingham to Banbury
September 4, 2012
‘The day after the night before’ was not as subdued as I expected. After such an uplifting afternoon on University Park, waning enthusiasm could have been forgiven. But, there was none of that. Those staying at Cripps Hall, and a few that stayed at home, had a great breakfast (including the best porridge of the …
The VC’s Life Cycle 2 Blog: Day 10 – Lincoln to Nottingham
September 3, 2012
What a fabulous day. We knew it would be, but it was better than we could have hoped for. The start was at Lincoln Cathedral, by a mile the most iconic start point of Life Cycle 2. It was a real thrill to see more than 50 leg riders preparing to take on the 54 …
The VC’s Life Cycle 2 Blog: Day 9 – Wetherby to Lincoln
September 2, 2012
Another 83 miles covered today. Some bodies are hurting, twelve to be precise. Hardly surprising, after 701 miles and cumulative climbs of over 37,000 feet. There is also a fair amount of fatigue. That obviously comes partly from the battering our bodies from day after day of 80 or 90 miles on a saddle. There …
The VC’s Life Cycle 2 Blog: Day 8 – Kirkby Lonsdale to Wetherby
September 1, 2012
So let’s start today with mishaps, because that’s how the day started: Simon’s chair collapsed under him at breakfast. He alleges sabotage on the part of the Support Team, for a cheap laugh (and it did get a lot of laughs); they have another explanation. The second mishap occurred on Settle Hill. Mike’s momentum became …
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