This page covers activity in 2003 and 2004
There were three attempts, all successful.
2003 Midlands RRA
Birmingham to Northampton and back tandem-tricycle
with Marina Bloom 3h 56m 42s for 91 miles
2003 RRA #32 Birmingham to London tandem-tricycle with Marina Bloom 4h 57m 20s for 112 miles
2004 RRA #33 London to Bath and back tandem-tricycle
with Marina Bloom 10h 39m 36s for 211 miles
Child #2 was due to arrive in April, so I had to get a record attempt in early in the year. 10 days after this, he arrived.
Report for Birmingham-Northampton and back with Marina Schedule for Birmingham to Northampton and back
Not in the notes, but there was an incident along the Coventry ring road. A policeman on a motor-bike saw us sneaking among the traffic and decided to have a word with us. He had to admit that he'd been chasing us through quite a few junctions before finally getting ahead to pull us up. He had stopped us to ask what the sign on Marina's back was about. The 'race number' which said "Cycle Record Attempt". After a couple of minutes of polite exchange, we were sent on our way.
Quite a lot later in the year, it was back to Birmingham again.
Report on Birmingham-London with Marina Schedule for Birmingham London Weather chart showing forecast of good conditions.
And then, in 2004, it was back to Bath
Report of Bath-and-back with Marina Schedule for London Bath & back
Further to the report, we were notified later that David Duffield had witnessed our ride in Box - but purely by chance. He hadn't received any notification and so was going on with regular life. He walked out of the newsagents, and was suddenly confronted by us riding past on the tandem tricycle! I hope he sent a witness report in.