I am in the middle of preparing for what will probably be one of the hardest challenges I have ever faced! Having visited the kids in the Royal Victoria Infirmary's cancer wards just before Christmas I decided I would do something to try to raise some money for a charity over the summer.

I am going to try to cycle the length of the country (Newcastle-Twickenham or vice versa) in as short amount of time as possible. I will not go in a straight line, I am going to go via every other Premiership rugby club in the country. There has been some good news; when I types the route into Google it told me it was 601 miles. Obviously I am not allowed on highways and this has allowed me the luxury of only riding 548 on the smaller roads!

We are teaming up with a wide range of media companies who are going to raise the profile of the trip to help us get as much sponsorship as possible.

I am meeting Metro Radio tomorrow to start the ball rolling and I am looking forward to the challenge ahead. There is a massive challenge in the ride itself but also in getting the whole event prepared properly! Follow all of the developments here and sign up to the site to post any comments - Encouragement please!!!