As our Managing Director Chris Carpenter will be cycling from North to South Wales for charity in April, we wanted to share his efforts with a regular diary here on our blog.

For the next few weeks Chris will be posting regular updates on where his training has taken him to - hopefully adding to the donations and inspiring budding cyclists to get on the road. You can sponsor Chris at the team’s Just giving page.

So, without further ado, here’s part one!

Thu 3 Feb
Newport to Caerleon and around the lovely new Business School/Art Faculty and then over the beautiful new footbridge. Doesn’t Newport look nice at night with the river up!

Fri 4 Feb
Inspired by Mr Sulley (from UHYPeacheys) cycling to work (he says its a great way get some training in and you don’t have to go out again on the bike in the evening), on Friday 4th I decided to have a go. I rode to Stills the Old Church in Canton from Caerleon setting off about 7am into the teeth of a gale - 17 miles later I was there. It took 1hr 35min in the morning but on the way back with a great tailwind it only took me 1hr 9mins, it was like having a motor on the back – its ok though as I have been told that its flat in North Wales and there’s no wind.

Sun 6 Feb
Thought I’d better get some more miles in as the realisation that day 2 of the ride is 91miles (I am a bit scared). So I did Caerleon to Usk on the Old Bulmore Road through the Ryder Cup course. 25 miles through gorgeous countryside but very windy again and to be honest I had almost decided to give up and not do the ride as the wind nearly go the better of me. But by Tuesday as I did the cycle to and from work again I felt fine again all enthusiastic. I will be like that – a mixture of good and bad days.