Just to keep everybody up dated on the progress from a member of the cycle team. Another good day today with the team making good progress, we were on the road cycling at 0630hrs to beat the Sunday traffic and get some miles under the belt before lunch time. Then the inevitable happened Stu Morgan (OC Para) had 2 rear puntures one after the other in the space of around 40 mins, the weather opened up with a servere down pour, i fell off going up hill as i couldn't unclip fast enough (blame my brother-in-law) and Gav Froley also fell off in the same manner with everyone cheering and cycling off leaving Gav in the ditch. We finally arrived to meet up with Phil Stout aroud 1210 for lunch having completed 51 of the 112 miles where bacon baps, chicken, and a load of other good food was waiting for the team, OUTSTANDING admin support by Phil and his team. After the lunch break of 30mins we finally hit the road for the final push, more down pours and sunshine thrown in for the majority of the afternoon with a few more cheekier hills than the morning. We finally RV'ed at the Severn Bridge with the support team at 1600 with not too many aches and pains other than the bottom area and thighs. The team complete then cycled across the bridge where Phil and the support vehicle were waiting to take us to the Rifles Camp in Chepstow to spend the night, an overall cycle time of 7hrs an improvement of 50mins from yesterday. Tomorrow will be one of our most demending days with 109 miles of cycling with severe climbs for most of the day, wish us luck.
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