Real Challenge for Cyclists
In this column last week I commented that the Coastal Challenge Charity Cycle was eminently do-able for most reasonably fit cyclists. Last Saturday made me eat my words as those brave souls who took up the challenge were met with horrific weather conditions, with driving rain, wind and cold. By the time the 700 plus cyclists reached Donaghadee, after six miles, the conditions had become so bad that some were forced to abandon. However, most of the gallant band travelled on in an heroic fashion arriving in Portaferry some two hours later in a bedraggled, cold and hungry state.