Plans for the summer- the end is in sight

It seems ages since I last wrote on this blog but things have been a bit busy. Now the summer holidays are nearly here and it is time to finish my challenge of getting from Berwick to Helston. The plan is to travel by bike firstly from Edale to Derby to fill in the gap and then from Witney to Helston, which should take 7 days - it's about 350 miles. We are going to visit the Eden Project while we are down there, somewhere I've wanted to go for a while and you get in cheaper if you arrive by bike! At the same time I am also training for my first Ultramarathon - the 62 mile Northumberland Ultra which takes place on August bank holiday weekend. I have been doing lots of long runs along the Northumberland coast and also through the Cheviots which is where the race takes place. I am looking forwards to it, my biggest worry is getting blisters so I am trying out different socks and plasters to see what works. Today I took the bus down the coast and then ran the 12 miles back to Berwick which I did in a time of 2 hours which I was really pleased with - now if I can just keep that up for another 50 miles...!