New year training

I started regular cycling by commuting to work in October 2008 after buying a bike through the bike to work scheme.This lead me on to thinking about completing Lands end to John O'Groats or LEJOG.
After a cold and snowy January/February which limited the trips on the bike to about 120/130 miles per week.March arrived with cold and windy trips out but a least it stopped mainly dry.

The plan for the bike was to see the winter out covering as many miles as possible and get a full re fit about 3-4 weeks before the start of LEJOG.

Easter Hols 10days in the lake district to get some hill training in on the bike and walking.Disaster 4 days befor travelling I set off on the 16mile trip to work and heard a "ping" followed by a crunch and the bike stopped rather quickly, a spoke on the rear wheel had broken and then wrapped itself around the gear changer.Luckily I was close enough to home to trot back and throw the bike into the car.2 days before good Friday was not the best of times to have a major bike breakdown.....