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Day 0 and pre-trip reflection

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A laugh to manoeuvre, & will somehow need to come with me on 2 buses tomorrow...! So as I am sat in Oslo airport, after being treated to a small glimpse of lush greenery & snowcapped mountains on landing, I am struck with a mix of intrigue, excitement and fear. Final preparation The past six weeks have been a flurry of training, and logistical planning  (of which there is a lot of!), and finding it very difficult to balance the two. Particularly as long rides take a whole day, and back-to-back rides therefore take many. Fully loaded training, ending at a vegan festival of course (SO much cake). I have been lucky enough to cycle in Italy, whilst on a mother-daughter trip, Snowdonia, down to Canterbury in Kent, and train in Majorca with the great Phoenix cycle club. Publicity wise, to hopefully aid with fundraising, a lovely article was published about the ride, on the CyclingUK website:  http://www.cyclinguk.org/news/20170515-alaina-chases-sun-s