Motivation returns

The prospect of riding a bike in the north east of Scotland during the last 5 months has not filled me with great excitement; consequently I have not been out recently so it’s about time I was reacquainted with my bike.
With the ETAPE looming and being press ganged into the around the world challenge, although it did take a couple of explanations of the rules before I withdrew my one year holiday request from work, that finally I was motivated and spinning the wheels again. Indeed so motivated I went out and bought a new bike under that wonderful bike to work scheme.
The 163Km suddenly added to the score board was not clocked up on one ride but over a couple of shorter rides and two longer routes around what I call the Bennachie loop. A wonderful 31 miles, the bigman no doubt has different memories of the route, cold, wet and windy perhaps.
Most of my miles are usually solo experiences with time to shake down the stresses of the week, but I am looking forward to members of the posse finding time to enjoy with me the delights of North East Scotland and the long climbs of the Cairngorms. B&B is always available, pitch your tent in the garden or park your caravan on the drive!!
No CV or interview was required and as past performance is no guarantee of future performance no worries on that front either, so before I could say “Lance Armstrong” I’m in the posse and my great journey around the world begins.
JR.