2012 - The Belles Are Shining As Brightly As Ever

“And that's it, all over. Watch this space. 2012 is just around the corner”.

Well…I have news for you…2012 is well and truly here and the Belles are well and truly back.

Well almost...as Sian has already mentioned I had a bit of a mishap leading up to Christmas.

Hundreds of miles on a bike, sleeping in tents, freezing to death, and dodging Sian throwing her bike about….nothing! A quick walk out the village on a Saturday afternoon and BAM!!…two days in hospital with my arm being stuck back together. We usually go to The Gatehangers on a Saturday but opted this day to go for a walk…never been hit by a car in The Gatehangers so lesson learnt.

The bad news is that bike riding has been given a thumbs down by my new found friends at the hospital…too risky apparently should I fall off and take an impact on my wrist. So The Belles have had to do some serious thinking…we can’t have 2012 pass us by without some serious fund raising for another good cause.

“If we can’t ride then maybe we should walk” was the suggestion.

“Walk where?” was the question.

So the 2012 Pollicott Belles fund raising challenge was born…’A Trip Down Memory Lane’ is the theme. We’ll leave it at that for the moment as we have some really great stuff to tell you about as the ‘master plan’ unveils itself.

Without all of our friends and supporters The Pollicott Belles would be nothing more than three girls out on their bikes and this year we’re hoping you’ll bring us all together once again to raise money for The Alzheimer’s Society. We’re looking forward to this years challenge and you’ll be hearing much more about this in future blogs.

In the words of The Terminator “I’ll be back” (hey…I have as much metal in my arm as Arnie ever did) but before I go just a quick word on Sians concern about ‘taking the shine off The Pollicott Belles.

The South Downs Way was a monster challenge for all of us, we’re not professional cyclists and to be honest none of us would choose sleeping out in cold rain as a weekend break. We were all tired, hungry, cold, and thirsty…and The Belles are a team…we were all in the ‘same place’ that day and we would never have got as far as that ridge without Sian pushing us along. As I said in the title – The Belles Are Shining As Brightly As Ever and ready to go.

Love

Alex xxx