Normans Blog:

Norman Burgess phoned me a short while ago from the Ukraine border to give me a quick update for the blog.

He tells me that so far, since they started out on Saturday, it has been an arduous ride but thankfully without incident. However, he tells me that they have had to fight torrential rain continually, which I suppose has dampened the spirits a little. But he says that they are a great bunch that he is riding with and are supporting each other well.

So far they have travelled through France, Germany and Poland. Last night they stayed in Krakow and Norman tells me that unfortunately for the beautiful Polish girls of Krakow, who seem to swoon around him, his Polish wasn't quite up to scratch enough and they couldn't understand the Clitheroe charm. Personally I think he has just been riding too much.

I asked Norman whether he thought there would be any problem getting through the Ukraine border and he tells me that officials just keep wandering around shaking their heads saying "this is difficult", so we will have to see.

He says that he will try to write a blog entry soon but that currently it is is taking quite a while to cream up all the blisters and sores (I dread to think) when they stop at the hotels.

More soon