The Nepal Development Association

This was a lovely end to our Happy Home sponsored rides - we made it to church in Inverness with friends Marjorie and Dale and then lunch...

Oh dear - non stop proper rain until the early evening and we arrived on the Black Isle a pair of “ druicket rats” - very wet! Our...

But we aren’t complaining. After 10 days this was the first day we got properly wet with full waterproofs on all afternoon. That apart...

We were a bit worried that today would be an anticlimax after the excitement of reaching John O’Groats. Nothing could have been further...

Over 1500 miles after setting off from Lands End we arrived at 5:30 pm today at John O’Groats. Thank you from the bottoms of our hearts...

We met up with two other cyclists twice today and we all agreed it was very hard going mostly into a fresh breeze with occasional...

Today (Monday) was fun. The uphills were short and steep but the downhills long and sweeping so it seemed like we were breezing though...

We mused on the ups and downs of life as we puffed up the hills.  The dark clouds rolled in, but the showers fell around us.  The  route...

Signal at last - so two posts tonight. We hear it was windy in other parts of the country today - and up here it was one of those days...

Today (Friday) was extraordinary - light winds, long distances ( for us), stags everywhere, all day in Tee shirts, and proper wild...

We woke early confused by the short nights up here, dodged the local wildlife, and headed into the strong wind again for Bealach na Bà a...

Lovely start to the day meeting Dale and Marjorie, old friends from ChristChurch at Inverness airport. Most interesting fact of today -...

The picture below shows us hard at the packing late Saturday night. Getting the tandem to the start point in one piece is always a...

This has been our last training weekend for the 550 miles we are doing as the final stage of our Happy Home sponsored bike ride. We...

This is the final and third year of our sponsored ride from Lands End to John O’Groats. We promised the Happy Home three years of...

Dear Friends Thank you for reading this blog and for being part of our journey in a very real way by showing an interest and encouraging...

We woke after quite a night. We had pitched the tent in Ian Bishops grounds about fifty metres from a railway cutting. At midnight a...

We made it!! Thank you for your support and interest. We are amazed that we have reached our fundraising target; we have so valued your...

The midges defeated us this morning and we fled after a quick breakfast, but camping in the wild by the river went really well in all...