London to Paris 2010...donations

I am pleased to announce that I have managed to raise over £1500 (!) in charity money for the bike ride to Paris with Action Medical Research in July.

http://www.action.org.uk/sponsor/schafernaker

The response has been fantastic and thank you to everyone for all the donations! I've also enjoyed reading every comment posted on the sponsorship page. I'll be doing a warm up ride to Brighton in June (with the British Heart Foundation) as well as other rides before the big one...

Thanks!!

Delayed April Showers

I've had some fantastic weather in April down here in the Southeast. I, of course, know it hasn't always been like it everywhere in the country. Anyway, it has been great weather for a little gardening. I'm no 'Mr green fingers' but, after the harsh winter, there was a tiny bit to be done. Temperatures of 20 degrees (and higher) are already a distant memory and the chill is being felt as the delayed 'April Showers' arrive. It certainly has been a considerably dry spell. Definitely no sign of any warm weather next week...ah well, we do need some rain.

10 Kwiecień 2010

http://www.president.pl/en/

...my face buried in hands...head shaking in disbelief.

A terrible day for my homeland Poland, another terrible date to remember in its history.

I'll be on my bike then...

It's looking very settled across much of the UK for the next 10 days. That's about as far into the future as we can look most of the time with any reasonable accuracy...i.e. but only in terms of "settled" or "unsettled". However, there is every chance it'll turn nice and warm for many of us, light winds and often bright or sunny....'t-shirt warm' even.