Having not ridden a bike in many years (minus a few laps on a tandem around Gili T and a not so successful decline of the Chiang Mai hills), I have decided to take the naturally progress step and cycle 40 miles in Palace to Palace. 

Apart from giving me the much needed motivation to don lycra on a Sunday morning, this is a fundraiser race for The Princes Trust - enabling their life-changing schemes and programmes for young people looking to get into work and set up businesses. Having experienced first hand the impact these schemes can have, during my past teacher alter ego years, this really is a worthwhile cause.