<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Jane-LondontoBrightonJune1.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1800" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Jane-LondontoBrightonJune1-300x225.jpg" alt="Jane-LondontoBrighton(June1" width="300" height="225" /></a>On Sunday 15th June after an overnight stay at Jane's brothers in Islington I took Jane and her bike down to Clapham Common for the start of the ride. After seeing her safely off to meet her ex-colleagues from the surgery where she worked I went back to Islington. Jane has described the ride as a disappointment because with 30,000 taking part there were many jams and she made very slow progress. No matter, after 9 hours on the road she arrived at Brighton looking fit and ready to ride another 54 miles.

As her support "team" I didn't leave London until 2pm and had a anxious drive through the city relying completely on the sat nav to get me onto the M23. I know I went through the Blackwall Tunnel but I couldn't tell you how I got there. After sitting at a motorway services for an hour I made my way into Brighton, sitting in traffic for an hour, but eventually parking up on the front and meeting Jane just as she came through the finish at 5.45pm. Our timing couldn't have been better matched.

We had a brief picnic with the rest of the surgery team before we made our own way back to Islington and then the journey back to Lincolnshire the following day. Jane is now looking for a ride that will be more challenging.