I'm down for the 18 mile loop

I know its not much, but bearing in mind I will have been cycling for exactly 1 month as of tomorrow (30th September 2012) starting off as an overweight very unfit lump

on 31st August 2012 who struggled to do 5 miles without stopping, I'm well pleased

...not that I've changed that much
Assuming I finish the event it will be 7 miles more than my longest ride so far

and my first ever sportive so I can see what's what ready for next year
On the plus side, I entered the event 2 weeks ago and set a target to raise £150.00 for Mediequip4kids...to date I have managed £200.00 so I am especially proud of that
