We rode along quite a bit of the northern section of the West Yorkshire Cycle Route which (as you know) we aim to do in its entirety one Sunday in late June.

I’ve ridden about 6/7 of the route at one time or another now. The only section I haven’t done is about 20 miles (32 km) from Wetherby to Castleford and that is the easiest part of the whole route.

I’m going to have to get a bit more serious about my weight loss and riding if I’m not going to suffer like a dog on the WYCR. I rode from Hebden Bridge to Coventry in June 2007 and that is about the same distance and degree of hilliness so I know that I can cope with it if I build up to it. Ideally, I’d be well under 14 stone by the end of June, and preferably about 13 stone but I’d have to average a loss of 2 pounds a week which would be possible, but pushing it.