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Life Goes On

I’ve been back for two days now and and I’m struggling to get back into the groove.
Yesterday I was not really up to much so I spent the day trying to upload some photo’s of the trip and cleaning my bike.
Today I finally sat down at my desk (home version) to find a pile of post and an in-box full of emails. The main task for the day however was to finish of uploading the photo’s.
Lucy got a bit carried away with the camera and I’ve got around 900 photograph’s to upload; it has taken two days to get them all on Flickr!
I tried to get into the swing of things and replied to a few emails; thanks for those of support and well wishes, cleared out several hundred junk mails. But after an hour or so I was bored again so decided to take a trip to see Rob at Lifecycle. I needed to sort out my buckled wheel from the trip so enjoyed the escape.
Tomorrow I’ve got to return to work and so far I’m not looking forward to it, of course it will be good to get my teeth into something again but so far everything feels a bit slow motion compared to last week.

The end

To start with we made it!

I am back and sitting in the kitchen but still a bit dazed and confused. Sorry for the lack of updates and when I finally get round to writing a full run down you will sort of get the picture.
As I have a lot of gear to sort out and some wounds to sort I’ll just give you the abrevieated version:
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Day 3

First off sorry for not posting yesterday, had a few problems. Nothing too serious we made it to Bridgewater, covering 165 miles but one thing we had not planned was the sun. Dave ended up with a mild sunstroke and I have severely burnt the back of my right leg, so much that I just hit the pillow early.
Added to that the first day was one hell of a up and down event, I’ve never ridden hills quite like that before! And they never seemed to end, the only saving grace was that you knew a downhill was at the end of every climb.

Tuesday started off with the passing of the first mental barrier, I got out of bed and got dressed; a good start. I also felt a bit better in my legs so we were off. Today saw some of the best riding I’ve ever done, first crossing the Severn bridge and then absorbing the beautiful countryside in South Wales. The day was a long one as we had to make up some miles, we hit the A39 just before Hereford and sat on that right up until Warrington were we are currently staying. Makes to Rob and his tri-bar set up we totally torn up Shropshire, I’ve lost count of how many counties we went through.

So far in two days we have covered nearly 360miles, we are on course for completion but it is a long way off yet and anything can happen.

The night before

I am now sitting in a Travel Inn in Hayle and to be honest I’m feeling a lot better than I was yesterday.

It has been a long old drive just to get here and so far the weather has been great. We shot straight down to Lands End and had a photo taken, turns out the offical photographer does not start until 10 in the morning; by which time we want to be 3 hours down the road. So a bit of smooth talking and we got tomorrow’s date on the sign and will try and blag the rest.

Of course I’m still nervous as hell about what is going to happen in the morning but with the weather being so great it is hard to not wear a smile and look forward to the ride; despite seeing some of those rolling hills on the way here!