by Brian Downton | J, Oct, 2017 | Charity Blog
We started off early this morning, as this would be our toughest day with lots of climbing involved. Before the off, the warm up was done by Ash and Mitch with a theme of religions of the world, with the last one being Jedi ism – that created some fun! So, we...
by Brian Downton | J, Oct, 2017 | Charity Blog
On Friday 27th October 2017 at 6pm, we all arrived at Heathrow Airport for the journey to Kerala in India, for this year’s Openwork cycle challenge. We flew to Mumbai and then had a domestic flight to Cochin, where we arrived at about 3pm. Once we arrived at the...
by Brian Downton | J, Oct, 2017 | Charity Blog
Welcome to my latest Charity blog post. September was a fantastic month for me filled with some challenging events towards my fundraising and a bit of exciting news, coming up shortly! On 10th September I took part in the Demelza 10K run. On 17th September I took part...
by Brian Downton | J, Aug, 2017 | Charity Blog
Welcome to my latest Charity blog post. I spent most of August on holiday with my wife Lynn and son, Jack. We celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary by renewing our vows. It was a wonderful occasion in Corfu, where we have enjoyed many holidays over the years. I am...
by Brian Downton | J, Oct, 2016 | Charity Blog
After our efforts yesterday, we still had to be up early today for the final day on the bike and 52 kilometres to the finish line! After our warm up, we set off on the opposite route from yesterday back down the mountain from Daman. It was a fast pace but still...
by Brian Downton | J, Oct, 2016 | Charity Blog
We awoke early. We had the hardest day of the trip ahead of us. We left on the bikes at 7am for 65 kilometres which were to be mostly uphill! Today was going to be a true test of the team, and we had to dig deep and help each other, so that we could all Finnish in...
by Brian Downton | J, Oct, 2016 | Charity Blog
Today started at 7am for breakfast and then a warm up by our yoga expert Sanjay, who took us through some moves. On the bikes and the first 4km was tarmac and downhill, but the hills soon rose in front of us. A very quiet day for falls today, with Guy taking out...
by Brian Downton | J, Oct, 2016 | Charity Blog
The toughest day so far. We woke up to a brilliant view and breakfast at our wonderful hotel, which was a Namo Buddha resort – all vegetarian and the best breakfast so far! We started with a quick ride to the monastery near the hotel and then had a big climb up...
