You can follow our progress in real time once the ride starts. We will be using a Spot GPS system which sends our location every few minutes to a map on our website www.o2o2012.org. At the moment it only shows my back garden but on June 30th it will show the trek beginning Greece. I see the temperature in Greece was 29 today – that’s OK. Let’s hope it doesn’t get any hotter. Ed

Here are some of the ladies taking part in the epic ride this summer. We’ll doubtless be more glamourous come the evenings…

Pictured L-R: Celia Glynn-Williams, Maggie Carnegie, Velia Coffey, Tina Downie, Barbara Cooper.

Last Saturday saw one of the final rides as the different departure dates approach.  The Coopers set off for their three week epic journey in just 10 days now. We’ve all been getting fitter but is it enough to get us up those mountains?  Hopefully the weather will be kinder than the gloomy Kent skies have offered in recent weeks.