Not really wanting to write a full report right now as I’m thinking about the 3-day Tour of Wessex I’m off to tomorrow.
Some points:
– Went to see Pendulum play at Brixton Academy Sat night. Other than Teriyaki at HiFi Bar in Melbourne, this was probably the loudest gig I’ve been to. Deaf for frickin’ days! Got well drunk, jumped around, sweaty as, cabbed home at 3am.
– At 6am, crawled out of bed, changed and cycled to Marylebone Station to catch the first train to High Wycombe (after another coffee).
– Cycled from station to start up a large hill to nearby Hazlemere.
– Rode 182-fscking-kilometres (solo, save for a chat with clubrun Richard) in 6h:32m, coming in 30th out of 80+ riders doing the Long course. If I didn’t get lost and spend so long chatting at the first food stop I could’ve done a top-10.
– It was a very nice day but obviously given hangover and 3hrs sleep I wasn’t exactly prepared. I was suffering at the 130k mark, trying to get more caffeine but couldn’t find a cafe! 🙁
– Saw the sign for Hazlemere but then turned away from it! Doh! Yeah, so it was a bit longer than expected over some big hills and due to low numbers there were just no bunches to save myself from the wind.