Soooo.... it's 21:55 on Saturday September 12th, and that means less than 36 hours until myself and 9 other idiots set off to cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats. It's all for charity, of course, in this case Skill - you can read more about them and us on our sponsorship page www.bmycharity.com/v2/vodafonelejog.

In fact there's 7 of us cycling, and 3 support crew - we all work for Vodafone (as you may have guessed) and this all started about a year ago when a discussion arose concerning what could be done for charity. I wasn't party to that particular discussion but I imagine it took place in a pub, and the Land's End to John O'Groats suggestion came towards the end of the evening, following plenty of brewed lubrication.

Somewhere along the line, I got involved (can't remember how - I'm told I agreed to it but I'm sure there must have been either threats or blackmail) and so here we are, in a house in Maidstone preparing for an early(ish) kick-off to drive down to the start at the pointy end of Cornwall.

Hopefully this'll get updated every day of the ride (that's 12 days), by a selection of the team members, and possibly for a couple of weeks afterwards or as long as it takes for everyone to be discharged from hospital and allowed home.

So, there's your intro. I'll stick something else up tomorrow (probably) and maybe some of the other guys will share their views and feelings too

Keith