Update: 27th September:  The bike ride yesterday went brilliantly.  Lovely route through the countryside and villages in bits of Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset.  It was great to meet a group of like minded people on the ride and many thanks to Wayne, Miles and Alison of "Ride Your Bike Challenge Events" for organising and running a faultless show. They even 'organised' perfect weather... Thanks to Asda, Frome branch, for providing ample supplies of refreshments at the various feed stations en-route and at the end.  Thanks also to Rosie of Positive Action on Cancer for her enthusiasm and encouragement.  I think I'd better stop now before this begins to sound like gushing Oscar acceptance speech.

Oh dear... too late... never mind. :-)

Until next time, then.

Update on Liz's condition 24th September 2009: The scans that Liz had after the surgery have shown that the cancer has spread to her liver and lower back, so chemo is no longer the next step.  We're told that the cancer can be controlled using hormone therapy, which, apparently, is what happens next.  This latest news makes this fundraising stunt even more important to us.

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