2010 marks my 8th consecutive year of fund raising for Guide Dogs for the Blind.  As I have said each year, Ihave not found a more worthy charity that really challenges the participants in their fundraising events.  This year our challenge is to ride through the Pyrenees and climb the major Cols of this year's Tour France - including the Tourmalet (twice, once from each side, Peyresourde, Portet de Aspet, Ares, Port de Bales, Aspin, Aubisque, Soulor, and Marie
Blanque    I continue to believe that completing the challenge is, in a very small way, similar to the exhilaration and incredible sense of accomplishment a blind or partially sighted person feels when they  are able to complete their daily tasks with the help of their first guide dog.  A truly life-changing experience.   Your contributions will help others have this life-changing experience.   Please be generous.  Thank you.  

Note:  Gail and I are contributing an amount that will cover my costs for the week so every pound you contribute will go directly to the work of The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.