A cracking ride yesterday on the 200. Thanks to everyone involved. And thanks to Felix (I think I've rememberd that right) for giving me a bit of a tow when I was flagging. As it was I fell off the back pretty quickly so didn't get much aero benefit but the mental aspect of someone to try and keep up with pulled me through a bit faster than I'd have been on my own.
Lovely weather for it but it took me four stops before I remembered to actually take my legwarmers off, no wonder I was melting. Everytime I came to a stop I thought "oooh take those off" and then by the time I'd eaten and updated my other half as to my progress I'd hop back on the bike and a mile down the road realise I was still wearing the blasted things
Had a bit of a lull between 90 & 130 ish km - started with the mental "why am I doing this" nonsense that I seem to get in the middle of any ride no matter the distance and then as we got to Rogate I started feeling like I'd left it a bit too long between snacks. Luckily there was the village hall in which I inhaled beans on toast and caek
Inhaled a bit too quickly as my tummy was not happy for the next several miles but it soon settled down again.
Ballsed up a bit in Stenying at the Co-op, I didn't fancy any of the food so just got an atm receipt. Once I got outside I remembered I should have got water but didn't want to go in again so I figured my one water bottle would last me. Well it got me as far as Pyecombe. I did try to top up in Lewes but all the pubs were far too heaving so I just pressed on and downed a couple pints of water when I eventually got home.
I've been intending to take more photos on my rides lately. Well I managed precisely
zero yesterday so that worked well
But rest assured it was stunningly pretty through the downs in the sunshine.