Friday. The last day before departure tomorrow morning. And it all has to happen today. Last night had turned into yet another early morning workwise and after arranging the group's visits to the Eden Project and Wookey Hole this morning and sending the last few emails to get donations in through justgiving.com I am back at Input Media at lunchtime.
My mission at work is to finish off the last bit of transcript and to help Julian in the edit suite with my Dutch language skills. The end is in sight though and I am confident all will be in the can by tonight. Relief! However, Julian is just about to set off for lunch when I arrive so the edit suite is pushed back until the afternoon. Today's diary is and in order to cart all of the equipment we need back home Ollie and I will be driving around hot and busy London. Half an hour later, just as I am working at full tilt, Ollie is outside with the car and with time at a premium today I decide to hop in and finish the transcript in the evening. With a bit of luck I will still catch Julian in the edit suite before he leaves, and the only way to ensure this is to leave there and then to do the rounds.
- First up is a meeting with Tahir at Action Cameras' HQ in to collect the X170 bullet cameras they are sponsoring us with for the documentary. We discuss the route and the documentary and Tahir gives us a rundown of the camera's features and instructs us on how to use them. These are superb little cameras, weighing just 128 grammes each, delivering dvd quality and they have a 170 degree adjustable lens which allows you to mount the cam in pretty much any position. They have also given us a discount code for all of you who want to get your hands on one of these, meaning 10% discount for you plus another 10% donated to our charities so get buying! The discount code is 1000MCHALLENGE. We then take some pictures together, he wishes us luck, and we're off to the next point of call.
- Next stop is in Wandsworth to collect the broadcast quality Sony Z1 camera kindly lent to us by Giles Harvey from ThreeFeetHigh Productions. There were some issues with the power supply when he pulled it out of one of their moving boxes so he kindly had it repaired for us by PIKS repair shop where we'll be picking it up.
- Final stop for the day is the best bike shop in London, Brixton Cycles. Apart from collecting Ollie's Specialized, freshly repaired after last week's crash and ready just in time for the trip, we get some last minute bike parts we need like bottlecages, Ollie also buys some sunglasses and we stock up on 5 bottles of energy and electrolyte drink powders. Brixton Cycles have also given us a 10% discount code for all of you to use, redeemable against accessories and clothing. The discount code is 1000MilesChallenge.
Then we are back on the road. It's now Friday evening rush hour, and because it's a hot day everyone is out and traffic is murder. It takes us absolute ages to get back to Shepherd's Bush and unfortunately Julian has already left while we are still navigating through the traffic jams. Plan is to now get some sandwiches and continue working until 2 in the morning while Ollie heads back home to start packing his kit ready for tomorrow's departure.
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