cometh the hour cometh the randonneur!

no more talking, no more training, no more preparing .....the time has come!

tonight I catch the ferry Portsmouth to Le Havre with Lee and Kieran, followed by a morning drive to the suburbs of Paris.  Saturday afternoon is admin. Our Bike check slot is at 2pm to make sure our machines are road worthy, have two sets of lights and we have our reflective gilets for night riding.Once we have the certifcate to verify we have satisifed the scrutineers we can pick up our rider pack with Brevet card, timing chip, Frame number, PBP shirt etc. Then it's a case of soaking up the pre-ride atmosphere, sampling the hospitality layed on for the riders, meeting up with friends, not drinking too much beer and not staying up too late!  On Sunday we'll try and stay in bed as long as possible and genrally mooch about until our pre-paid PBP lunch.  The afternoon will be spent trying not to get too nervous as out start slot approaches between 6-8pm. 

Here's the route and control names (courtesy of my friends Els). you can track me via here using frame number 5734:

Track Me = 5734

Here are the control names and Els' schedule ....we may be a little faster or slower than this!

MORTAGNE-AU-PERCHE	22/08/11 02:24
VILLAINES- LA-JUHEL	22/08/11 07:16
FOUGERES	22/08/11 12:52
TINTENIAC	22/08/11 16:52
LOUDEAC	22/08/11 22:14
SAINT-NICOLAS-DU-PELEM	23/08/11 01:12
CARHAIX-PLOUGUER	23/08/11 06:15
BREST	23/08/11 12:05
CARHAIX-PLOUGUER	23/08/11 17:45
SAINT-NICOLAS-DU-PELEM	23/08/11 20:52
LOUDEAC	23/08/11 23:56
QUEDILLAC	24/08/11 03:47
TINTENIAC	24/08/11 07:58
FOUGERES	24/08/11 11:31
VILLAINES-LA-JUHEL	24/08/11 17:23
MORTAGNE-AU-PERCHE	24/08/11 23:19
DREUX	25/08/11 04:05
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES	25/08/11 11:05