Only 150 miles to go
With less than two months until the big event, Bank Holiday monday saw an intrepid 5 cyclists setting out for a training ride to test out weather we had bitten off more than we could chew. An early start saw jeff knock on the wrong door in my street thats why he gained the Superman pants for dickhead of the day ( sponsored by Tommo). He cemented his right to wear them after only managing 5miles before stopping to strip off all his gear coz he was too hot.
The route took us north towards Whitby were we had planned the first stop. Unfortunately Cindy underestimated our progress and didnt catch up with us in the broom/food wagon until just outside Guisborough. A quick stop then we were off towards Great Ayton but battling a very stiff head wind. One of the lessons was learned on route to the lunch break in the picturesque village of Great Ayton as the gang split up while waiting for Gentleman Ian to join us for a few miles. Almost an hour was spent regrouping and and eating. Just after restarting we had the big climbs to conquer towards Helmsley. Jeff surprised everyone with the ease he knocked these off and we were then cruising towards York, Dugglby then home. The only downer was the incessant rain that dogged us from the last but one stop just south of Helmsley. It was great to be able to get into dry clothes and have a warm drink at North Grimstone with only 30miles left,Cindy kept us well fed and watered all day. We got into brid after a little diversion around Thwing to make sure Graham got the 150 he had set his heart on.
We learned a few good lessons during the long hours in the saddle, mainly that we are all capable of doing the miles every day, we need to stop together and Adam is a very touchy boy when he is tired and hungry.
