Amazing – we have already exceded our £1,000 target and raised £1,050 for the Kids Company. Well done Jase and thanks to Julie Hegarty and Doug Scott for their generous donations yesterday http://www.justgiving.com/CJ-goes-mobile/ 

Jason is getting very tired but don’t panic! He is still going, cycling his little heart out. At the moment he has some company from Doug Scott which should keep his spirits bouyed. Here he is with Tuesday’s report.

Tuesday’s Report – in Jason’s words

• Sheffield – Lichfield
• Distance – 80ish (probably more as I lost count)

Tuesday started out much more smoothly then the day before. My meeting with Dominic Butterell and Nat Portman from Quidco started promptly at 9am at their offices.

Jason and Dominic

Here is a little bit of information from Quidco about their operations in Sheffield.

Hi, I’m Dominic Butterell and I am the Head of Quidco Member Support. The Member Support department is based in Sheffield and is made up of a team of dedicated and enthusiastic Customer Service Advisors dealing with member tickets and enquiries. We also have an experienced and knowledgeable payments team which invoice and apply payments to member accounts.

Fran Herrick and Natalie Portman are the Accounts Administration Managers and they each have a portfolio of affiliate networks – Natalie being responsible for the relationship between Quidco and CJ in respect of enquiries and SureShop. She works closely with CJ to provide a smooth and speedy journey for our members which is not always easy as the cashback process can be complex and long-winded on occasion.

At Quidco there is currently a great deal of work going on behind the scenes to streamline internal procedures and to agree deadlines and timescales with affiliate networks at the same time as revising our website in order to educate our customers and manage their expectations more effectively. All of this will result in the increased trust of our members which will benefit Quidco, affiliate networks and their merchants ”

Thanks Dominic – always interesting to hear what is happening in the world of Quidco.

After the meeting I set off towards Lichfield. Dominic and the city of Sheffield were kind enough to give me a parting gift – one MASSIVE, near vertical hill. Cheers for that!

It was quite an easy journey for around 20 miles until I hit the A38. I had thought I would be able to cycle along this in one straight line for 50 miles or so but this road was scary as hell.  I am talking a two-lane dual carriageway  populated by very large articulated lorries driving extremely fast and very close to me. I lasted about two miles and quickly realised that this was not a good idea.

I came off at the next exit and luckily saw another cyclist who I flagged down. His name was Martin and he was on his way home from work.  Martin very, very kindly pointed me to a cycle route which would take me to Lichfield so we set off only to realise that I had a puncture. Martin waitied patiently and not only pointed me in the direction but, as we were passing his house anyway, invited me in to check my bike was working properly.

His wife and daughter were as nice as Martin himself and made me feel really welcome although I am sure that they thought I was an absolute lunatic. I was given a nice drink, new inner tubes for my bike and Martin then cycled with me to route 54 on the National Cyclist Network.  Thanks a million Martin!

Editor’s note – thanks very much for looking after our Jason. I see that he rewarded you with a nice sweaty arm around the shoulder – lucky you! Anytime you are in London just pop into the CJ offices and we will return the favour!

Jason and Martin

After I left Martin I went along the road he suggested which was much much easier. However whilst it was a great deal safer it wasn’t as quick as the deadly A38 so I finally arrived in Lichfield at 9pm. I had been cycling for eight hours. I was tired but it was nothing a good curry couldn’t sort out

Good man! Hear more of Jason’s tales tomorrow at the same place.