From 13th to 28th September 2008 Colin Bateman, Chief Cricket Writer for the Daily Express, together with a friend will be cycling around all 18 First Class Counties to raise money both for Heads Up and for the Laurie Engel Foundation.

THE RIDE. Provisional route, distances only rough guide, minor roads used where possible.

DAY ONE Sept 13 Pilgrims Way (55 miles)
Dept Oval (Surrey) approx 9.30 - Blackheath, Dartford, Gravesend, Gillingham, Sittingbourne, Canterbury (Kent)

DAY TWO Sept 14 The Home Ride (72 miles)
Canterbury, Ashford, Tenterden, Cranbrook, Heathfield, Ringmer, Lewes, Brighton, Hove (Sussex).

DAY THREE Sept 15 The Coastal Jaunt (66 miles)
Hove, Lancing, Bognor, Chichester, Portchester, Fareham, West End (Hampshire), Romsey.

DAY FOUR Sept 16 High Plain Drifters (65 miles)
Romsey, Salisbury, Wilton, Shaftsbury, Yeovil, Ilminster, South Petherton area.

DAY FIVE Sept 17 The Cider Classic (67 miles)
S Petherton, Taunton (Somerset), Bristol (Gloucestershire), Aust, Chepstow.

DAY SIX Sept 18  Border Patrol (63 miles)
Chepstow, Newport, Cardiff (Glamorgan), Newport, Monmouth.

DAY SEVEN Sept 19 The Heart of England  (53 miles)
Monmouth, Ross on Wye, Ledbury, Gt Malvern, Worcester (Worcestershire).

DAY EIGHT Sept 20 The Midland Miles  (55 miles)
Worcester, Droitwich, Aston Fields, Edgbaston (Warwickshire), Perry Barr, Walsall, Cannock, Stafford.

DAY NINE Sept 21 The Second Half (50 miles)
Stafford,  Newcastle under Lyme, Wilmslow, Manchester, Old Trafford (Lancashire).

DAY TEN Sept 22 The Brute (72 miles).
Manchester, Bury, Stubbins, Rawtenstall, Burnley, Barrowfield, Gisburn, Settle, Hawes.

DAY ELEVEN Sept 23 Top of the Country (63 miles)
Hawes, Aysgarth, Leyburn, Richmond, Shildon, Croxdale, Durham, Chester-le-Street (Durham).

DAY TWELVE Sept 24 The Long Haul (85 miles)
Chester-le-Street, Darlington, N Allerton, Ripon, Harrogate, Headingley (Yorkshire).

DAY THIRTEEN Sept 25 Industrial Industry (70 miles)
Headingley, Wakefield, Barnsley, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Alfreton, Ripley, Derby (Derbyshire).

DAY FOURTEEN Sept 26 The Three-in-one (70 miles)
Derby, Nottingham (Nottinghamshire), W Bridgeford, Loughborough, Leicester (Leicestershire), Northampton (Northamptonshire).

DAY FIFTEEN Sept 27 The Penultimate Push (58 miles)
Northampton, Bedford, Baldock, Standon, Bishops Stortford.

DAY SIXTEEN Sept 28 Lords of the Road (52 miles)
Bishops Stortford, Chelmsford (Essex), Ingatestone, Brentford, Romford, Ilford, Stratford, Central London St John's Wood (Lord's).
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