Great call from the organisers to put back the start to 10.30!! Not surprisingly the ride out of Dublin towards Dundaulk started at a very sedate pace with minimal banter.

The weather and scenery were fantastic and after the first 10 miles we started to feel pretty good and thundered along the road to lunch with two other teams in a 30 man trail.  This continued after lunch and we all rolled into the hotel car park well ahead of schedule.

Clearly 15 pints and three hours sleep is the key to this cycling lark!

Ray and the Chuckle Brothers

Mike and Pierre, renamed Sex Pest