Well, avid fans of Tandem to Africa, our second training weekend on the tandem is now complete. We are now fully kitted out in matching gear, very nearly fully equipped with panniers, camping gear and so on, and have a good 200 miles under our (spandex) belts. I think it's fair to say our confidence has grown exponentially as we've tucked the miles away, but our big fear still lies in the mountains...you simply wouldn't believe how much hard work it is getting a tandem bike up a hill.

We've now marked out a full route, complete with stop-overs as far as we can plan at this stage. If you think you might be able to help us with a friend/family/long-lost-cousin contact somewhere on the West coast of France or East/South coast of Spain that could put us up for a night, do get in touch!

Oh, and the only major outstanding problem is that the tandem is still stuck in Edinburgh with Joe after Andy tried (and failed) to bring it down on the train to London ready for the launch. So big shout out to our friends at National Express for being so helpful (!) and fingers crossed that Tandem to Africa doesn't become a really rather long walk...