A potentially expensive new hobby

Regular readers of this blog will know that I am a keen amateur road cyclist (think sportives, not races), and that earlier this year I rode from Land's End to John O'Groats in nine days. Well, as part of getting my kit together for that, and to help with fundraising, I used the excellent Owayo kit designer to make myself a custom cycling jersey for the event and am pleased to report that I was very happy with the result.

So much so that I got to thinking... I could put literally anything on a jersey. Anything! This could be the solution to not being able to find many jerseys that I like. Designs like these, for example:

Yes, I did put the Reception Records rose logo on the sleeve of the George Best jersey. And yes, that is the vinyl run-out etching message "The Impotence of Being Ernest" on the sleeve of the Hatful of Hollow jersey.

I could get carried away with this, I really could. There are so many album sleeves, book covers and film posters that would make great jerseys. But these are custom-printed one-offs and ship to the UK from Germany. I could very quickly spend a lot of money...

...or I could just take orders?

Jerseys are nice, right?

Hello! As it stands, I'm the 15th highest fundraiser of all the cyclists doing the 2021 RAB LEJOG to benefit The Alzheimer's Society. Now I don't know, there might only be 15 cyclists riding for TAS... but I choose to think not! Two weeks before the ride starts, TAS award a special commemorative red jersey to the highest fundraiser... so, as if I didn't have enough targets already, I'm going to have a go at that too. Hope you can help me in this with a bit of sponsorship, right here - all welcome, however big or small. Thanks :)