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<p>This year I will be back on the bike (hopefully not coming off to often). Hoping to complete 3 'adventures'...........</p>
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<p>1.Job Done :-) May 20/21 we crossed the renown Coast to Coast route (Whitehaven to Newcastle, approx 140 miles). This trip was in memory of fellow cyclist Jill, who I (and the other members of 'the gang') met on the London to Paris ride in 2009. </p>
<p>Sadly Jill lost her battle with cancer late last year at the age of 34. Jill also did her fundraising for Marie Curie and was an inspiration in the face of adversity. A brave lady indeed.<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">2. Job Done…………………6 of the most notorious ‘Cols’ (mountains) in 3 of the most arduous cycling days I have ever completed. All used regularly on the Tour de France and 3 of them on this years race</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Col des Aravis <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>-<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1,487m <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(4,879ft)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Col des Saisies<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>-<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1,650m<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(5,413ft) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Col de la Madeleine <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>-<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1,993m<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(6,539ft)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Col du Télégraphe <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>-<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1,566m<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(5,138ft) </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Col du Galibier <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>-<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>2,646m<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(8,681ft)</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Alpe D’Huez<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>-<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1,815m<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(5,955ft) </span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The combined climb <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>- <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>11,157m<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(36,606ft) ………that’s 2,309m (7577ft) higher than Mount Everest</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></span></span></span></p>
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