Having finished last night and started this morning in a quiet and sombre mood, we have all surprised ourselves by having the best day cycling yet. The morning was full of beautiful scenery, sunny and fast miles on good roads to Sedburgh where a refuelling lunch set us in good stead for the afternoon. The only blemish is that Simon is now being investigated by the BCF for substance abuse following his awesome performance up some of the hills. Steve and Tim have suggested he tries strapping a 4 stone weight to his stomach to even things up! Martin tested the durability of his GPS by bouncing it on the road at about 30 MPH just north of Sedburgh. Thankfully all is in tact. An afternoon of more serious climbs of at least 50% and 2 climbs over 1,000ft ensured that we arrived in Clitheroe well tired but in better spirits than we started. Tomorrow we are on to Leek and to meet with our mates-and Sunday to meet our families. We are all really excited about this as it has been really tough, long week. It would be great to see any familiar faces at the Green Man in Kenilworth on Sunday around 4pm.
Posted by Tim
ps We lose Sarah for a couple of days tomorrow as she drives to Leek to drop our bags off and then on to Kenilworth to drop our smelly washing off. Please think of Sarah having to carry out this most odious of tasks.
Sounds like a much better day today Guys.Hope tomorrow is as good as you cross Manc.
ReplyDeleteBeen cleaning & lubing tonight in readiness for Sunday,might look at the Trek tomorrow as well.
Tim - don`t worry about Sunday,even the mighty Sky Blues took six points off themlast season.
Look forward to riding with you on Sunday. Steve.
looks like "the long and widing road,that leads to your door..."Have a good day again tomorrow :)
ReplyDeleteWell done chaps , glad to hear " Ain't no mountain high enough" ,[ sorry too much wine and a 70's disco flash back]. All the best for today and I'll see you all at the bar with a cold one!
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