Since " 'tis the season" for giving in many parts of the world, and as end of the calendar year approaches, I've decided to finish my working year reflecting upon the biggest "Giving Back" initiative I was personally part of in September of this year (2012) - my two stages of the Deloitte Ride Across Britain, or RAB as we called it in Cisco UK & Ireland -an event we aligned to Cisco's overall involvement in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games.  Time has flown since I initially blogged about my nerves pre-ride.  I reflected on our "Virtual RAB" -designed to give everyone at Cisco an easier chance of participating -also as part of our overall fundraising, and told you about the "Network on Wheels" or Cisco NOW Van that supported us with remote (very remote!) internet access as we cycled through all weathers from the bottom to the very top of the UK.  The Cisco team raised around