First of all, a big shout out to Veljko's sister, Mary - hey Mary, I hear you're enjoying the blog?! :-)
Today started in a somewhat leisurely fashion; yes, we loaded up the van nice & early but then meandered across to the Happy Little Chef Eater (or whatever it was) for breakfast. I opted for an omelette and OJ, and a surprisingly pleasant coffee, but there were reasonable amounts of bacon & sausages being consumed as well. Tom joined us at around 8:30, which conveniently meant he was in time to join us for the breakfast, but equally conveniently he paid for it all so that's all good and we like him very much for it - cheers Tom!
And then we were on our way, heading up the A533, at about 10 o'clock-ish. Almost immediately I turned into Mark and needed to pee, so location of a suitable hedge became my personal priority. After that though, it was pretty much business as usual - a fairly easy-ish ride, everyone quite comfortable, Mark peeing every 2 miles or so - you know, all pretty status quo. We passed through quite a number of towns compared to most days, which included Warrington, Wigan and Preston. Each of them had their own superbly horrible brand of industrial architecture to offer, but Warrington was the worst - I've never seen road signs warning of steam vents before
Unfortunately, Becks had to pull out again just north of Warrington - her knee was ok on flat sections of road, but there were a few hills and it was on these it was hurting her.
Tom, on the other hand, did fantastically for a man who, by his own admission, hadn't trained and spent yesterday evening on curry and a couple of bottles of wine. He was definitely flagging after 50 miles and has consequently assured Mark that he's either going to get an 'I' grade in his next performance review (that's not good), or sacked (that's worse).
The day finished at about half-six, with a cheeky little 1-in-6 ish hill a couple of yards before the finish just to remind us what we were up against...
Now just sitting here waiting for the girls to turn up with fish n chips - luvverly!
Stats (yep, the battery lasted long enough!):
Distance: 64.31 miles
Riding time: 5h 9m 55s
Total time: 8h 27m 36s
Ave riding speed: 12.45mph
Ave total speed: 7.76 mph (oops)
Elevation gain: 4999 feet (Tom wanted to stand on a bench when we finished just to round it up)
Keith
Today started in a somewhat leisurely fashion; yes, we loaded up the van nice & early but then meandered across to the Happy Little Chef Eater (or whatever it was) for breakfast. I opted for an omelette and OJ, and a surprisingly pleasant coffee, but there were reasonable amounts of bacon & sausages being consumed as well. Tom joined us at around 8:30, which conveniently meant he was in time to join us for the breakfast, but equally conveniently he paid for it all so that's all good and we like him very much for it - cheers Tom!
And then we were on our way, heading up the A533, at about 10 o'clock-ish. Almost immediately I turned into Mark and needed to pee, so location of a suitable hedge became my personal priority. After that though, it was pretty much business as usual - a fairly easy-ish ride, everyone quite comfortable, Mark peeing every 2 miles or so - you know, all pretty status quo. We passed through quite a number of towns compared to most days, which included Warrington, Wigan and Preston. Each of them had their own superbly horrible brand of industrial architecture to offer, but Warrington was the worst - I've never seen road signs warning of steam vents before
Unfortunately, Becks had to pull out again just north of Warrington - her knee was ok on flat sections of road, but there were a few hills and it was on these it was hurting her.
Tom, on the other hand, did fantastically for a man who, by his own admission, hadn't trained and spent yesterday evening on curry and a couple of bottles of wine. He was definitely flagging after 50 miles and has consequently assured Mark that he's either going to get an 'I' grade in his next performance review (that's not good), or sacked (that's worse).
The day finished at about half-six, with a cheeky little 1-in-6 ish hill a couple of yards before the finish just to remind us what we were up against...
Now just sitting here waiting for the girls to turn up with fish n chips - luvverly!
Stats (yep, the battery lasted long enough!):
Distance: 64.31 miles
Riding time: 5h 9m 55s
Total time: 8h 27m 36s
Ave riding speed: 12.45mph
Ave total speed: 7.76 mph (oops)
Elevation gain: 4999 feet (Tom wanted to stand on a bench when we finished just to round it up)
Keith
This is Veljko's sister Mary, Thank you for the mention, but can I congratulate so far all the efforts from everyone, and wish the team the best of luck for the rest of the journey. Great charity, thanks Vodafone for doubling all the donations.
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