Overview/Highlights:
- Today ended with the team, plus Kristina, pedaling merrily
along in the pitch black along an unlit A road after nearly 12 hours out on the road,
lorries thundered past and the hotel just wouldn’t arrive, it was slightly
surreal, like some sort of evil funfare where you might die at any point
- 108 miles, 6 counties, 2 countries, beautiful countryside,
better weather
- Quick one today as half the team have made a ‘lights out’
at midnight rule, you couldn’t make it up…
- A double rainbow popped up just before sunset, today I
viewed it more charitably, and didn't destroy the nature around me in vengeance at
her cruelty.
- The nightly routine of injuries to ice is becoming nearly as time consuming as the rides themselves, there's no glamour here...
What we’ve learned:
- Rule 9 - Apparently if you are
out riding in bad weather, it means that you are a badass, fair weather
riding is a luxury reserved for Sunday afternoons and wide boulevards. Those
who ride in foul weather – be it cold, wet, or inordinately hot – are members of
a special club of riders who, on the morning of a big ride, pull back the
curtain to check the weather and, upon seeing rain falling from the skies,
allow a wry smile to spread across their face (this didn't occur immediately). This is a rider who loves the
work.
- The tarmac directly relates to the mood and moral of the team, more than any other factor (other than the weather - see above)
Daily difficulty rating:
MS: 7/10 – Loved the countryside & ride just not the finishing in the dark the 2nd time.
JT: 8/10 – I'm built for hill-climbing, not long stretches of flat, achilles
in pain, ass in pain, fingers crossed for tomorrow, going to be tough
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| Looking like an angry Russian man at the depart |
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| Stretching, said to work, not so sure |
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| 15 miles along deserted country roads in the sun by a river was a highlight |
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| Neal cooking lunch on the road |
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| Lunch in a field, weather favourable |
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| Lost, still cool |
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| Severn Bridge crossing into Wales |
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| Sharpy happy at having made it this far |
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| The unglamorous end of day |
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