A while ago I filled in the online application for RideLondon - which is a bit like the London Marathon for cyclists. This will be the inaugural year and if it is anything like the marathon, it will be something special. The ride starts at the Olympic Village and finishes on the Mall.
People were due to find out if they had been successful on 7th Feb, and having already failed the ballot for another sportive (the Fred Whitton) I was not feeling very lucky. I checked my PC on the 7th but found out that notification was by the receipt of either an "Accepted" magazine or a "Rejected" magazine.
I waited for Bill, the postman on 8th and I had a magazine. Amazingly it was an Accepted one. Woohoo!
I've booked a hotel a couple of miles from the Olympic Village together with car parking so I am good to go.