Who in their right mind would have thought that I'd still be scribbling away at Cathy's trials and tribulations, two years after writing what was going to be a blog about getting soaked to the skin while out riding on Dolly (the picture of the bike at the end of most episodes) in a thunderstorm. Instead, I turned it into what was primarily a comedy romance, which evolved into an adventure story and finally into a soap - exploring some of the issues of being transgendered/ transsexual, and trying to live a normal life as a female.

For those who haven't read the saga, it's essentially about a rather decent and honest young woman who falls in love with someone who turns out to be something more than she thought. In return, he, her boyfriend, gets more than he bargained for as well. In fact pretty well everyone of the characters in Bike, have 'had an interesting life' some of them rather short, whilst others are short in the temper department.

I've tried to keep it interesting, following our diffident heroine's struggles and her 'hapless' family, who she attempts to guide and protect while saving the rest of the world, as a sideline.

I have several times tried to work out how large the text has grown and how many have read it, but even with a calculator I screwed up. A quick estimate would be - a lot, and I suspect we are well over half a million words and also hits in total.

I'd like to thank Erin for indulging me all this time, for various friends who've corrected the odd thousand typos or other cock-ups. Thanks as well to all of you who've encouraged me to go on writing this, long after I thought it would end. Finally, thanks to Bonzi, for not sitting on the keyboard too often, and for providing me with purrs and occasional furball, the latter I usually found a day later where they'd soaked into the carpet.

I don't know if we'll manage three years, but if there is enough support and interest from the readers, anything is possible - that would take us beyond episode 1000. Oh boy!

Angharad.