<p>&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia,palatino;">Hi to all</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia,palatino;">My name is <strong>Nigel Morris</strong>. I am an overweight, unfit 45yr old truck driver.I have tried many times over the years to lose weight and regain some fitness, but after a short time I fell back into my old routine and gained many extra pounds in the process! My youngest daughter now lives in Austria with her partner and their twins. So to lose weight I am going to cycle from the UK to Austria&nbsp; and raise money for "Rays of Sunshine" childrens charity.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Challenge 1</strong></span> - <strong>To lose 50Kg </strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia,palatino;">This is going to be a long and hard challenge from someone so overweight and unfit but I AM DETERMINED to do it!</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia,palatino;"> I have enlisted the help of a personal trainer <a href="http://www.justinmurr.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Justin Murr </strong></a>who has offered his services free of charge to help me achieve my goal. Also,<a href="http://no1fitness-mma.co.uk/" target="_blank"> </a><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><a href="http://no1fitness-mma.co.uk/" target="_blank">No1 Fitness Centre</a> </strong></span>in Crosshills have kindly agreed to let me train at their gym free of charge.<br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia,palatino;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Challenge 2</span></strong><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia,palatino;">The route will start from my home in Steeton, West Yorkshire where I will be heading for Hull and a ferry to Rotterdam. Once I have regained my land legs, since I have never done an overnight crossing on a ferry this may take a while. I will then be heading for Assen to meet up with friends, Henk&nbsp; who competes in triathlons and Eldo who is a long distance runner&nbsp; so "im tired" will not be an excuse for an early night<br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia,palatino;">After a good night with friends, a good sleep and some suikerbrood (sugar bread) for breakfast kindly supplied by Eldo I will be on my way again. From Assen I will be heading for the German border into the Niedersachsen region. Then travelling&nbsp; pretty much down the centre of Germany heading for the Bavarian region. I will hopefully be crossing the German/Austrian border at Passau, then heading cross country into the lower Austrian region. I shall arrive at my destination of Vitis hopefully in one piece, pounds lighter and a whole load of money raised for my chosen charity.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia,palatino;">For more info go to<br /></span></p> <p><a href="http://charitycyclingtrucker.co.uk/" target="_blank">Charity Cycling Trucker</a></p> <p>Or my <a title="Nigel Morris" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/UK-to-Austria-Charity-cycle-ride/133027816772860" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> or follow me on Twitter @nigelmorris66</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Offline donations= money pledged on completion of the cycle ride</p>