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Swayed To Sign Up By A Good Friend, My Training Consisted Basically Of Laps Around Regent's Park On The Bike I Received From My Folks As A Batmitzvah Present.
Although not usually gullible, the portents weren't promising in the lead up to my participation in the Norwood bike ride in Croatia. Persuaded to enroll by a good friend, my coaching consisted basically of laps around Regent's Park on the bike I received from my folks as a batmitzvah present.
Over three months, my brakes broke and I lost the key to my bike lock even though it was chained. My husband and coaching partner broke his hand and a bike he was due to borrow was robbed. But ignoring the danger signs, we joined twenty-five other riders on the cycle, which raised £32,000 for Young Norwood.
Also taking part were two Ravenswood residents - Richard Tooke, 52, who has Downs's syndrome, and Jon Feuchtwanger, 62, who has a mild learning disability and dysphasia, which affects his speech.
The residents cycled on tandem bikes with Ravenswood sports experts Nigel Trumper and Michelle Bass and were a sustained inspiration.
Starting off in Makarska, southern Croatia, riders were transported by ship to the beautiful island of Hvar, where a pleasing morning cycle was followed by the serious business of a 1,200 foot climb. Everybody was exhausted but the group mindset was a great incentive.
Makarska Riviera is part of Dalmatian coast of Adriatic, about sixty kilometers long and only a few kilometers wide, squeezed under soaring mountain Biokovo. Sunny climate and long pebbly beaches make this region a well-liked tourist destination. A string of settlements along the coast from the border with the Omis Riviera on the northwest to the Neretva delta on the southeast. We are very proud to offer you the large number of quality accommodation facilities in all the places of the amazingly pretty Makarska riviera.
Makarska is a city in the Split - Dalmatia county of Croatia, population 13,716 (2001). It is found on the Adriatic coast of Dalmatia, about sixty km southeast of Split and 140 km northwest of Dubrovnik. It's a visitor centre, found on a horseshoe shaped bay between the Biokovo mountain and the Adriatic Sea. The city is noted for its palm-fringed promenade, where fashionable cafs, bars and speciality shops overlook the pretty harbor where many pleasure craft are tied up.
Arrival to Makarska over Biokovo, from Vrgorac offers an astounding superb view of riviera, from Drasnice, Podgora, Tucepi, Brela, all the way to the Split, and in front to the islands Brac, Hvar, Korcula and promontory Peljesac.
Center of Makarska is an old city with narrow stone-paved streets, a main church square where there's a flower and fruit market, and a Franciscan priory that accommodates a sea shell collection featuring a giant clam shell. Most of the city's hotels are found just off of the bay and their own private beaches.
In Makarska, one can find many hotels, taverns, pub, pizzerias, coffee bars, pastry shops and everything else needed for a relaxed and carefree holiday in the sun-bathed shores of the Mediterranean. Tourism in Makarska began long ago, even before the development of the hotel Osejava in 1914. The largest city square is found in the town center, near the waterfront - the square of Andrija Kacic Milosic,where countless cultural events occur. The square was named after the most famous dalmatian poet.
For some, the rapid descent was even more alarming with the dramatic drop of the cliffside just inches away. Ari Raymond, a 26-year-old selling executive from Hendon, was riding in memory of his late cousin, a Ravenswood resident.
"Having seen the difference in my cousin whenever he came back for weekends with my folks, I knew there had been something special about the work Norwood do," he revealed. "But I couldn't quite appreciate how much and to what lengths they go to give residents the highest level of care possible . Seeing the tandem groups made me aware of how much I am taking for granted in my life."
Upbeat of a restful Sat., partakers learned the relaxed walk along the promenade reported by last year's group had been replaced by an arduous trek up a mountain higher than Ben Nevis.
Reaching the 4,600 feet summit was incredibly rewarding but the return journey on loose stones was even tougher than the challenging walk up. The trek took eight hours to complete.
On Sunday, there was another ship journey to the island of Brac for a 1,700 foot climb by bike. Aching bodies took a while to warm up but the whole group made it and were rewarded by 10 kilometres downhill and an incredible beach at the end of the forty mile route.
The bicyclists also included businesswoman Nina Forman, whose family were among the Ravenswood founders. The 36-year-old from Golders Green started out "really nervous" but ended up enjoying herself massively. "Whilst it was hard work, I'm up for challenging myself."
Leonie Gold, thirty, a helper news editor from Borehamwood, related that "facing a relentless bike climb on our first day, I questioned how I was going to make it. Then I turned round and saw Richard and Jon pedalling up the mountain on their tandems. This was all the inspiration I needed. It also helped being encircled by some of the prettiest shore I have ever seen."
Norwood intends to raise £800,000 from bike rides this year, writes tagza.com.
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