Be Prepared...
Listen here to radio recording. Good morning and welcome today’s Thought for the Day on HCRfm entitled “Be Prepared”. If everything goes to plan, when you are listening to this recording, I’ll be on a train in the Highlands of Scotland, (somewhere near the famous Glenfinnan viaduct featured in the Harry Potter movies) and soon to get on a ferry with my bike and 3 friends. I’m off to the Outer Hebrides, cycling around 160 miles on 5 of the UK’s most rugged and remote islands. For any trip you need to be prepared, and hopefully, I’ve done enough preparations! I’ll soon let you know! Preparations have included: buying a new bike (big shout out to all the guys at TAG bikes in Huntingdon Community Centre who have been so brilliant) buying train tickets, getting spare inner tubes, mending tyres, planning a route, packing kit and stocking up on sweets! One part of being prepared has been talking to people who have done this before, this has included Rob at TAG bikes, Kev ...