{"id":3860,"date":"2015-06-03T17:06:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T17:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=3860"},"modified":"2015-06-04T15:58:01","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T15:58:01","slug":"chris-bailwards-1800-miles-in-the-saddle-for-fun-and-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=3860","title":{"rendered":"Chris Bailward\u2019s 1800 miles in the saddle \u2013 for fun and charity."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Horsington\u2019s Chris Bailward<\/strong> set off on Monday on the start of an 1800 \u2013mile \u201cTour de France\u201d. He will head east to the Alps to tackle the Col du Galibier and Mont Ventoux before heading for the Mediterranean coast and returning home by way of the Canal du Midi and various cycle trails and back roads.<\/p>\n

Chris is undertaking this massive ride for fun \u2013 so he claims. He does have some previous form. Last year he cycled the 1,000-plus miles from Lands End to John o\u2019Groats without telling anyone. This year he has decided to go public and \u00a0raise some money for charity. He has chosen the Disasters Emergency Committee<\/a>, which supports relief work in Nepal and other disaster areas. You can support Chris by donating via his \u201cJust Giving page\u201d<\/a>. Just click and donate.<\/p>\n

Day 1<\/strong> \u2013 to Portsmouth was accomplished in awful weather with numerous punctures and poor treatment by Brittany Ferries
\nDay 2<\/strong> Ouistreham- Verneuil-sur-Avre. When last we heard, he was en route, against a strong headwind. Hopefully the weather and his luck will improve.<\/p>\n

You can follow Chris\u2019s progress on his blog<\/a>. \u00a0and you can go there regularly by clicking on the link in our “Blogroll” on the right.<\/p>\n

We are sure you will join us in wishing him the best of luck. We shall report his progress regularly.<\/p>\n

Please donate!
\n\"Chris<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Horsington\u2019s Chris Bailward set off on Monday on the start of an 1800 \u2013mile \u201cTour de France\u201d. He will head east to the Alps to tackle the Col du Galibier and Mont Ventoux before heading for the Mediterranean coast and returning home by way of the Canal du Midi and various cycle trails and back … Continue reading “Chris Bailward\u2019s 1800 miles in the saddle \u2013 for fun and charity.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2757],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6glYD-10g","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3860"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3878,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860\/revisions\/3878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}