6 weeks to go

It's only 6 weeks until we set off on our journey. I hope the weather improves. At the moment it's pretty cold with plenty of snow up north, so it's hard to do much training without freezing. Next weekend we are going on our first training ride fully loaded. It will be interesting to see how we get on. Especially my dad, Alan. He's been complaining that his feet are getting really cold out on bike rides. I hope it is just the cold & not the beginnings of peripheral vascular disease. I should also mention that I too have a few health problems, the main one being the occasional attack of atrial fibrillation. Obviously I'm hoping I won't be having any of those on the trip.
This will be our only attempt. Dad is getting older & my daughter will be at school later this year, so I won't be able to use my leave so extravgantly in future.