Well done Jessie - you must be so pleased!

What's cycling done for me? Well, a lot of the things other people have said. Improved confidence definitley. Stonger fitter bod, which is great, but the mental benefits of regualr exercise have been brilliant. I do an office job so I'm sitting all day, but I also tend towards a lot of nervous energy which had nowhere to go till I took to the bike.

Other benefits: friends all over the place. Cycling's a minority sport here so any time I meet a fellow cyclist on the road I feel I'm meeting another potential friend.

Adventure: been to some cool places in Europe, up mountains and all sorts.

Yes - weird tan lines too.....!