It's now nearly half past 7 in the morning and we have just spoken to Nick and the guys are still going strong. They passed Negril, basically the turning point to the run in back to Kingston, at around 2am, and at 7am they were passed a place called Whitehouse. They probably have about 3 hours to go to reach Mandeville and are looking a bit ahead of schedule so should be back to Kingston mid-late afternoon.
We had a great day yesterday following them around the north of the island. We first picked them up when we headed back out in the early afernoon, around Annotto Bay which is almost directly north of Kingston and about 100 miles into their adventure. They'd already had some highs and lows by then, mostly due to the heat I think, but were going strong and keeping it together. Then the rain came which luckily wasn't too bad and didn't stay too long and provided some respite from the blazing sun and also brought some cloud which stayed for the day and I'm sure was much appreciated!!
The boys were all going well and we followed them along the coast to Ocho Rios. We left them there at around 7pm as it got dark to head back to Kingston. Mr Matthews, the police motorcyclist, was also heading back to Kingston so said he would take us back in. Little did we know that he was going take us all the way with his blue lights flashing and siren blaring, clearing traffic off to the sides and taking us straight through all red lights and intersections without stopping!! What a great way to travel, I wonder what he is up to today .......
We plan to head out again mid morning to catch them up and see them home to Kingston. What an amazing journey they have had and for such a worthwhile cause.
Ali, Jane, Aimee, Emily, Megan and Freya
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