Today was only supposed to be a shortish ride of 78 miles leaving then 117 for the final push, however, when we got to 78 miles it was only 1300hrs and the team was still fresh so with plenty of cycle time left we pushed on and completed 119 miles in total leaving only 80 miles to John O'Groats tomorrow. The team had a good day today with the weather and also the scenery cycling past the Scottish Loch's including Loch Ness (didn't see the monster). The team managed to cycle 100 miles in 5hrs 38 mins breaking our 100 mile in 6hr record, with a max speed of 49.6 mph. Again some laughs on route such as Gav Froley taking a sip of water and dropping his bottle (on a dual carriageway) coming to an abrupt halt in which i ran into the back of him, we both stopped went back to try and retrieve his water bottle which by now was sitting in the middle of a busy carriageway, most of the car drivers bypast the bottle but some miserable white van man saw the opportunity and deliberately ran over the bottle reducing it to a squashed mess on the road, this had me on my knees in tears of laughter but Gav did see the funny side of it. Yet again the support staff have been on the money with providing all the team with the necessary friut and energy drinks to survive so far.
Tomorrow we are looking to start cycling at 0500hrs on the road where we will visit a couple of sereve climbs before a good down hill to finish the 900 mile E2E Cycle Challenge, then a quick photo shoot at John O'Groats then into the vehicles to head south to Catterick. Sunday will be a lunch at my sister-in-law's house which will give Alan and myself time to go cycling while Andrea cooks the dinner, after some serious bike maintenance.
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