Just realised what day it is today. There is a nice symmetry about the whole thing, no? And it’s a Sunday when I leave for Italy; Sunday 18th July 2010. It’s a long, long time since I wrote this on the 29th August 2008;

700 Days: The first numerical milestone, although you could argue that 699 is more of a change. It will take about three and a half months to knock off each 100 days and I look forward to being as committed as I am now to doing the ride in the lead up to Christmas 2008 when the clock ticks from 600 to 599.

Well, I can beat that as I am now just as committed in April 2010 as I was back then. The original blog posts for August 2008 are here.