Monday, 29 April 2013

Welcome back to Corby Sunday 28/04/2014

After our 610 mile adventure we finally arrived back in Corby at 13:00 after some delays on the road.
Our plan was to cycle from the BP garage down to the Cube theatre in the town centre.We weren't actually sure if anyone would come to welcome us back, especially as when we arrived at the BP garage there were only 4 people there to see us.
We started cycling down the 1.5 miles road to the cube and there still wasn't many people around, that was until we got closer to the town centre and heard a few cars beep and wave, soon followed by a huge crowd standing at the top of the steps at the cube.
Its was the most amazing site and was so nice to see our town had noticed the huge effort that we had put in.
Thank you to everyone that turned up to support us and huge thank you to the people of Corby for sponsoring us.

Here are some photos of us arriving home...








Newspaper report

Sunday, 28 April 2013

Day 6 - Kessingland Beach to Wellington Barracks

Hi Everyone,

So we did it!!! 610 miles later, it was an amazing site to see Buckingham Palace (Wellington Barracks) as we cycled down the The Mall. We got a great response from a lot of strangers, that waved and cheered as we cycled past some of London's most famous monuments (e.g big ben, london eye & the wellington barracks) as a soldier let us through the gates into the courtyard everyone jumped off their bikes, cheered and hugged each other.
There were a few tears but it was the happiest moment of the whole journey, emotions were high and it was clear to see everyone was proud of themselves. We opened a bottle of Champagne and came up with the idea of creating a Harlem Shake video to celebrate.
We then travelled to Park Resorts holiday park in Kent where there was a party in our honour, put on by the Ashworth family for us to celebrate.
There was an awards ceremony where Duane Ashworth presented everyone with a trophy for their hard work and a nickname that they had a gained over the week.




Harlem Shake 




JJ

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Hi All

Sorry the blog is a few hours late but we just wanted to celebrate after completing the cycle, just packing up to come back to Corby.

A great thank you to Duane and Caroline for their hospitality last night, it was a fun evening even though i was labelled 'Cycling Geek' in the awards ;)

All in all a great week and a massive achievement for all those involved.

Now looking forward to getting home and a sleep in my own bed instead of a motorhome! :)

There will be a load of video's and photo's uploaded once home .. stay tuned!

GG

Friday, 26 April 2013

Day 5 - Skegness to Kessingland Beach

Hi All

Arrived at Kessingland Beach two hours ago, the lads done over 12 hours on the bikes and 131 miles

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/303594570

Everyone is a bit pooped but only one more day to go :)

GG

Thursday, 25 April 2013

A few words from the lads of Team Ashworth

OC : Great day for everyone involved, I think we all are gelling more as a unit the more we bike with eachother, the sun was out and there weren't as many hills :) big confidance booster for everyone fingers crossed for smooth roads and hopefully we can bike downhill all the way to London. Great to see some supporters when we arrived as well :)

DM : day 4 was a great day we have got through today and it is getting harder but as a strong unit we are getting through it

AH: Great day out on the bikes, no break downs, hardly any hills and a good pace, hope the next two days go as well as today did!

BOD: Great Stuff out there today, great team work and motivating each other all the way! Conferdence is high and we're going to smash the next two days! London here we come.
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LB: Man down. Knees beat up. In the van on map reading duties. Devastated, amazing route to ride today. Over Humber Bridge, sun on your back and quality road surfaces. Honestly felt like crying missing out on it. Even so, g'ing the boys up giving as much support as I physically could made me feel proud to be part of this amazing event for an amazing cause. History in the making, big pat on the back Team Ashworth X

ML: Brilliant day today, lads done amazing. hard graft with completing 107 miles but got through it> watching rich go through the barriers was inspirational and the whole team sticking together helping everyone through it.Some great laughs today even in the driving seat. Makes me proud to be apart of the Ashworth team aswell as looking at sexy corans ass!!!!!!!!!!! lol keep it up n london will be ours in no time. x

KA: The past 4 days have been intense very hard for a lot of people, keeping morals up though, regretting some nights out,  but still worth it. Didn't understand how truely intense it was all gonna be, some of us not been able to do all of the miles for each day but everyones still supporting each other and helping each other through it all. And all of this is because of one man James Ashworth.

CA:  Well, where do i bloody starts, to say today has been hard is a lie, its been horrendous, emotional, horrible..any negative word you can think of its been! its been great cycling every mile with these boys, even after cimbing 3700 ft today they are still going strong, its great banter all day on the bikes.  the support wagons are pumping the tunes down the radio and keeoing us going.  what a week, what a team! Team Ashworth all the way.

D.R day 4 here we go after 2 bowls of cheerios we blitz the first 20 miles then the burn starts to kick in carl ashworth the absolute nightmare bins it cuz he was a complete hungover mess of a man and me and coran thrashed him for 20 miles he finally caved in then the professionals cracked on and smashed out the 107 mile heartattack nightmare of a bike ride o well off to bed to start the nightmare all over again and i thought bikerides we suppose to be a leisurly experience im never mounting a bike again after sunday !!!!!

Day 4 - Cayton Bay to Skegness

Hi All

Arrived in Skegness around 5pm after 9 hours 45 minutes on the road covering 107 miles, to say i am tired is an understatement, the last 40 miles for me personally were very painful and the hills at the end just proves how sadistic Duane's route planning is! ;)

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/303166651

Much improvement in speed over the last couple of days and now only 2 day left to go!

Team Ashworth!

GG

Setting off from Cayton Bay


A few photos and a few songs that got us through the hard day played from the van radio
:
edwin starr war

                                               Daniel bedingfield gotta get thru this


Arriving in Skegness


Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Day 3 - Whitley Bay to Cayton Bay

Hi All

Arrived very late into Cayton Bay due to a number of crashes, injuries, punctures, bike repairs etc so apologies for a late update ......

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/302748173

GPS data is a little out of sorts due to my bike not being repairable in time for the rest of the lads to carry on with myself missing the best looking hills I have seen ..... soooooo fustrating watching the lads on the hills in the Yorkshire Dales whilst stuck in the passenger seat ...... but it was getting late with all the repairs throughout the day and we wouldnt of arrived in Cayton Bay in daylight otherwise.

Whilst here I have said I expected Wednesday to be the worst day but it was for all the wrong reasons, hopefully better luck is ahead for myself and the rest of the Team!

I'll leave you with the only thing that did make me smile on this fateful day, Duane 'struggling' a little :)



GG

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

0n the road again Eyemouth to Whitley Bay By Olly 'King' Cheeko

The second day of our gruelling trip I got up at 7.20 after snoozing my alarm 3 times was gagged on a lie in. As soon as I stepped out of my sleeping bag the haze of 7 lads bowels after a day of stacking carbs and protein shakes nearly sent me back to sleep maybe thats why I couldn't eat lol After a few pics with the mascots we set off on our journey. The only thing we all wanted was no more deadly hills like the mountain we climbed the 1st day. We did hit a few but after the mountain I dont think too many noticed them, everyone stepped up today some tried their hand at some gymnastics i.e. wee Dave Millz, Big Ritch, Lewis Daddy Danny and Liam aka Dappy aka David de Gea. Everyone were more used to their bikes and we all had a good ride..............onto the next one!!!!!!!!!!
OC