Life Support

In almost all ways the boys have got the fun and easy part of the 2012 Probert Challenge  - its really not that much of a hardship to get on a bike and cycle 50 miles per day for two weeks.

By FAR the hardest and most stressful job is the 24hrs support function performed by Jan and Emily.

The wine was probably for the pasta sauce.

Driver "Van Jan" has had to manoeuvre the motorhome through some pretty sticky situations on her end to end drive up the west coast of Ireland, including 1 in 1 hills and a wide variety of road surfaces with poor being at the good end of the spectrum.

In her spare time she has cooked amazing cordon blue meals, dealt with campsite owners, kept the cupboards stocked, kept the Guinness flowing, searched for keys and provided words of encouragement for occasionally flagging and damp riders...a super human effort in the circumstances.

Supermarket Sweep.

Providing much needed assistance and moral support for Jan has been Emily "The Map" Zambra, who has developed an uncanny ability to sniff out a false Tom Tom trail and redirect the challenge van to the right destination. Emily has been a stalwart with the fairy liquid i/c washing up duties and played a big part in the shopping / logistics support. Not only a proven winner at cards and accomplished dog handler, she has now developed an impressive mind reading ability and knowledge of Irish pilgrimage sites.

Together, their efforts are what have really kept the show on the road and the boys are hugely thankful for all the hard work, thanks which words can never really adequately express....loads of love and hugs and thanks a million x x x x x x

Navigating skills from Mum and a road-side pit stop as Greg experiences a T-shirt malfunction.

The boys are incapable even of applying their own sun cream.