Rome to Home (Bournemouth) starts this week.

[wintonbina]

Well, the time has arrived, we are loading up our support vehicles tonight for the Ferry crossing in the morning where they will drive down to Rome to meet us at the Airport on Friday. Then it's @1400 miles in 13 days of cycling bliss? for the 20 riders who have volunteered to join me in raising funds for my son's foundation.
You can follow our trek on our website www.stevebernardfoundation.com or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sbfltd and on www.Rome2home.co.uk
Wish me luck, I might need it !
Tony

 

[TissoT]

Good luck on your trip .. 107 mile a day is nice mileage enjoy the scenery/trip and keep safe

 

[wintonbina]

Well, we did it and all 20 riders got back safe and sound. It was tough , very tough at times but the scenery was amazing as was the weather (sunshine for all 14 days). We cycled a total of 1376 miles , climbed over 58,000 feet and I lost over 1stone 6lbs in the 3 months training and the actual ride :-) and we have raised over £20,000 so I'm very happy. It just shows what we can all do if you are determined (&stubborn) enough.
Couple of observations, Italian Roads are awful, French Roads are brilliant (mostly) and their drivers are different class to our mob!
My son did a blog jacquesbernard.sportsblog.com if anyone wants to read it also there are some photos on our website/facebook page www.stevebernardfoundation.org
And if anyone needs any information for routes, hotels etc , just ask and I'll try to help.
Tony

 

[mythste]

Fantastic!

Looking forward to having a proper nosey when I'm home from work

 

[briantrumpet]

Couple of observations, Italian Roads are awful, French Roads are brilliant (mostly) and their drivers are different class to our mob!

Well done to all!

Re the roads - when I did Paris to Rome with friends a couple of years ago Lazio was the worst, but Tuscany was fine. No animosity from rivers in either France or Italy, though the further south we got the closer and faster they passed, and the more likely it was that drivers coming the other way would have to veer towards their verge to avoid a head-on. A quick unscientific sample in Rome suggested that over half of all vehicles had some sort of damage to the drivers' side of the cars we saw.

 

[Blue Hills]

Agree about damage to cars in rome. I well remember, as a student, a small fiat ran over my foot.