Day 2

Made it safely to Arnhem last night, 103 miles and in 35 degree heat!

Day 1 - off they go !

A quick prayer for a safe journey, off they go ! Next stop Harwich !

Day 1 - map reading

Judy shows how, as the rear seat powerhouse, she can also tell Jamie which direction to head next !

Day 1 - the send-off from the church

The Bike is ready !

Garry's bike is ready (if not Garry himself !)

All set for the off! This is us on our last ride Dover to Cape Wrath we were battling through rain and wind on the south shore of Loch Ness. I think this time we will be more troubled by sun and heat!

Lovely send off from the church Family on Sunday....

Great send off by our church family, in advance of the real departure on Friday. But just starting to realise I should have started training many months earlier !!!! Gaz

Well not long now just eight more days til we leave - I think we wish it was tomorrow! Everyone says when is it you go?!!! Just heard that one of the places we were planning to stay at has burnt down! Anyone who feels like supporting us it is jamiejudymackay@justgiving.com

10 Days to Go

Just 10 more days to go until we set out on our epic bike ride, we are training hard. Please keep up to date with our travels via this blog. We will try to post as often as possible during our trip to keep you all up to date with how we are getting on cycling across Europe.

Many Thanks for all the support from friends and family,

Judy and Jamie

Jamie and Judy, our intrepid cyclists !

Alan and Pauline, founders of UK-Aid

Pauline featured in the Daily Mail You Magazine as last year's runner-up, in the Clarins and YOU search for the Most Dynamisante Woman of the Year.

Only SEVEN weeks to go, time to start training ! Jamie and Judy Mackay are cycling from Felsted, Essex to Chernigiv, Ukraine, which is a major city near to Chernobyl in support of the Revival Children's Rehabilitation Centre. 1800 miles in just over 4 weeks.

And Garry &Liz Paxton are driving the support car, to accompany Jamie and Judy for the first 1200 miles across Holland, Germany and Poland, up to the Ukraine border. That's where Alan Hilliar and Pauline Craven (who run the charity UK-Aid) will meet us and support Jamie & Judy for the remainder of the journey in Ukraine to the Revival Centre.