Pushing It Uphill

Peter, the master manipulator exposes one of Adrian's best kept secrets and talks him into another fundraising challenge during this, our last podcast. Apologies to Di from MD Tas who Adrian couldn't name during the recording!Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

A quick wrap up from The House of Bruar, a right (upmarket) tourist trap.Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Dear listeners, we make it to our ultimate destination, with the help of Neurofen, Trail Science and a couple of lovely English chapsDonations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Bonnie views all day, but with the wind on the bonce, it's a reminder that the ride isn't quite done...Today you meet fellow LEJOG-ger Richard Fulham. He and his riding mate the effervescent Paul are doing a blog along the way that is a great read. https://rplejog.blogspot.com/ Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Through the powers of having decent Internet/WIFI and video calls, we get an update from Peter and preview Adrian’s ride. Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Strong headwinds, lots of up and down and raining on and off all day. Sounds like cycling in the Scottish summer! There be an update on Peter's elbow in this episode too.Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Feeling a touch glum in Scotland as Peter gets the news we didn't really want to hear.Thanks to the great people of the NHS for their help and support also.Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Firstly, they build them tough in Geelong. Peter is slogging it out on the Scottish roads - like a Scottish Commonwealth Games boxer crossed with Tyler Hamilton. Paul and Richard were great company today (thanks lads) - flat tyres have their upside.Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Our producers said we needed more drama, so Peter delivers with a very nasty elbow injury from a crash. Long days ahead as we are about to head into the Highlands. Also, the roads in Scotland have been a bit rubbish so far. Happy birthday Bobby!Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Oh the blissful feeling of tailwinds, finally! A record pace set today, although Peter's shoulders are a little sore and Adrian's bum hurts!Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Could this be our best day yet? Legs are good as we charge into the second half of the ride!Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Leaving the stunts to Nicole Kidman from here, after Adrian takes a tumble. Kissing gates can kiss our...Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

A workman like performance  and very happy to see the finish line today. A few aches creeping in, but the legs are feeling F.I.N.E. fine - for the mo!Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Bit of a cricket tour today on what will likely be our easiest day in the saddle. Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Bawdrip in Somerset has the friendliest people. Nigel and Gail from Cobwebs Cottage made us coffee and gave us bananas for the road. When you punch out over 170km (glad that is over) across three counties, you need all the help you can get!Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

We rode across a ford, saw squirrels (some squashed), horses (posh), ancient buildings and plenty more paddocks with cows as we crossed into Devon for more climbing than we were anticipating today. You can learn more about Rupert Guinness (who we mention) here https://escapecollective.com/join-team-rupe-help-rupert-guinness-conquer-the-race-across-america/ Also, happy 40th anniversary to Sue and Paul who we met yesterday too.Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

So much to see today, which made the hard riding a little easier. Cornwall has lots of friendly people and lots of hills!Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

It was great to finally get pedalling today as we churned out 46 miles from Land’s End to Truro - with a detour or two along the way. Plenty of wind, rain on and off and lots to look at. Paddocks, wildflowers, beaches, cows and larks ascending.  We also met Heather and Karen who are also doing LEJOG. Legends! Here’s their website - https://ridefortheirlives.net/rides/lejogoDonations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Well, hopefully that is our most stressful day of the trip. After a very long day getting to Cornwall, we've had a big meal at Kathmandu Nepalese in Truro (6 stars, very clean toilets) and got our Orro Gold bikes setup and ready.  So it's now up to us, our legs and other contact points on the bike. Bring on tomorrow!Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

In this episode we meet a couple of brothers who are putting some blood, sweat and tears (ok, just sweat) into a cool start-up making sports recovery cream from Tasmanian oils.Trail Science is a brand that has an ethos of respecting the environment and celebrating Tasmania in every sense. And they also have a bit of fun with their products and packaging which is super clever and funny – very Tasmanian.We are going to be guinea pigs for the brothers and be testing their cream on the ride, thus our little partnership. We are really stoked to be helping them.In this episode, Peter makes a particularly niche reference to a television personality from The Inventors program in the 70s and 80s. You can learn more about her here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05-DhX731YMBy the way, this is our last episode before we start the ride. But fear not, we will be regularly updating listeners from the road. It will almost be like you are riding with us!Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Getting out and training three to four times a week is one thing. Riding 15 days in a row is quite another. We were more than thrilled to have professional cyclist Nathan Earle come in to have a chat and pass on some wisdom about how we look after ourselves when cycling day after day. Nathan is one of the most resilient and determined sportspeople we have ever met. He has had many setbacks over his career, but he is still just as driven to succeed. And we’re happy to call him a mate. Nathan famously was riding with Peter when he broke his neck going back in 2017. You can read about that episode here. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-16/peter-gee-survives-bike-crash-thanks-to-his-helmet/9144286You can read up on Nathan’s career here.https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/nathan-earleFollow Nathan and his team on social media here.https://www.instagram.com/nearle88/?hl=enhttps://www.facebook.com/NathanEarleTeamUkyo/https://www.instagram.com/jcl_team_ukyo/?hl=enDonations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

We’re not all related, but we still have some ‘Tasmanian’ moments down here in our island state. In this episode, hear how Peter and Adrian were quietly going about separate cross training sessions and managed to bump into each other and share a wee dram in the middle of nowhere.Also, catchup on other administrative bibs and bobs (what are bibs and bobs?) in a slightly more truncated episode.Bid on our Tasman Hotel  auction which closes on 30 April at 5pm. https://charityauction.bid/tasman with thanks to Atlas Events and the Coles Bay Triathlon. You bring the yacht, and we’ll bring the rock to our Yacht Rock Party. This will be a magnificent celebration, tickets selling fast! https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/yacht-rock-party-muscular-dystrophy-tasmania-fundraiser-tickets-593892507477?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escbDonations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Well, hold onto your sporrans listeners, we’ve managed to get a proper famous Scotsman to help us review the last third of our cycling trip.Bruce Fummey is a Scottish stand-up comedian known for his irreverent take on traditional Scottish culture.He also presents Scotland History Tours on YouTube, a wildly popular channel with over 178,000 subscribers that has exploded over the past few years.Lots of laughs were had in this rollicking episode as Peter and Bruce go toe to toe on Scottish factoids and titbits. We can’t thank Bruce enough for taking the time to chat with us, what a champion!Subscribe to Bruce’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@ScotlandHistoryTours/aboutFollow him on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/Scotlandhistorytours/Don't forget to bid on our Tasman Hotel  auction which closes on 30 April at 5pm. https://charityauction.bid/tasmanDonations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

In this episode we meet another in kind sponsor of our ride. Andrew Harcourt from Creative Imagery in Hobart will be assisting us from the other side of the world with the editing of podcasts while we are on the road in the UK, so you, our dear listener can stay in touch with our travels. If you’ve been to, or watched a major sporting event in Australia, chances are you’ve seen Andrew’s work. Andrew is a trusted ‘go to guy’ for outside broadcasting, live streaming and the complex world of on ground, big screen operations.Be prepared to hear some old television heads geek out a bit in this episode. We can confirm no levels went into + decibels in the recording of this podcast. Gosh we went close though. ;)Find out more about Andrew’s business at www.creativeimagery.tvDonations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

In this episode we take a break from our course previews, to meet someone who is supporting us in our fundraising efforts. Mark Laforest is a Director of Atlas Events, the company behind the Coles Bay Triathlon, the Hobart Marathon, Brisbane Marathon and Sunshine Coast Marathon, to name but a few of their community focused sporting events.Mark and the team are helping us fundraise and raise the profile of our bike ride through their extensive networks in community and elite sport. They are running an auction to help raise funds, for a one-night stay including breakfast for up to 2 guests in a Deluxe King Room at The Tasman; a luxury collection hotel in Hobart Tasmania. Here’s the site where you can bid for the prize, all money goes to Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania. https://charityauction.bid/tasmanLearn more about the Coles Bay Triathlon here.https://www.colesbayhalf.com.au/Learn more about the Hobart triathlon here.https://hobartmarathon.com.au/Learn more about Atlas Events here.https://myatlasevents.com.au/Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

In this episode we continue the verbose-ness (is that a word?) and historical factoids, as we preview days six to ten of our cross UK cycle route. Culinary and music references are also on the menu. Our episode pic is the map on our jerseys (mentioned in the podcast) which we will be turning to if Google maps becomes unavailable mid-ride. Contingency managed.Day 6 https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1ABF9rs1PMqXa3mM_nkCEfoy7HMZXOgU&usp=sharingDay 7https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1inn2lFqpAruAMjZDE_GA8zQ8G4zVWkM&usp=sharingDay 8https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1fyV3CvoK4BczzcKgbsAehPqmf4GA3-w&usp=sharingDay 9https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1ah85gpeUkAvzuL0yc3PDQy3xL-_35rs&usp=sharingDay 10https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=113sQqtpgHjn8tU65v68LtC3A1KDkFxU&usp=sharingDonations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

In this episode we go into a verbose and entertaining course preview detailing the first five days of our journey, dotted with historical, culinary and music references throughout. Note our lovely little training pic for this episode featuring Vin Goldsmith from the Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania committee on a VERY rainy day in the foothills of kunanyi Mt Wellington. Perfect preparation for the weather we may encounter on the ride.Note, day one is short so we will be mixing maps for the first 5 days.Map 1 (Day one to Truro, part day 2)https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1P2OnDFEWfIlwU5V8rD9O34rXIJ4yU3o&usp=sharingMap 2  (Days two and three)https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1CKKHUzDgKx7wmojJnZ0rqR-Ukoo7pkQ&usp=sharingMap 3 (Days three and four)https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=16EXmAgcGyUIhMusldDeIoOUclhmCNxs&usp=sharingMap 4 (Days four and five)https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1pvIFz_aOnqqe6v7gNkH0qL3ssLvIP7k&usp=sharingDonations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania

Pushing it Uphill chronicles the build up to, and coverage of, former ABC broadcaster Peter Gee and his mate Adrian Smith's cycling trip across the UK in June 2023. The famous Land's End to John 'o Groats - LEJOG. This 'bucket list' ride is more than just a trip of a lifetime for the two, they are using their coverage to help a young Tasmanian fellow with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.Hear about their preparations, meet the people helping them on their way and ultimately, follow them on their journey as they travel the 1,700km in a couple of short weeks.Donations to the ride can be made here:https://lejogbikeride.gofundraise.com.au/Follow Muscular Dystrophy Tasmania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musculardystrophytasmania