Phew, less embarrassment for me! 
How did you guys get on at the Shaftesbury yesterday? My husband had to abandon because of the heat. 
Sorry to hear your husband abandoned, the heat really took its toll on everyone I think. I really regretted ECE'ing it.
After the 50 km to the start, I rode 120-130km with Peter Harper and Jellylegs.
On the first leg we had an early cafe stop and then another shop (milkshake) stop before getting back to the 'Uts. On the 2nd leg we only made it 18km down the road before stopping again at the Beehive for another cold drink. After that Jellylegs dropped off and Peter and I rode together to the end, stopping on the 3rd loop to try and buy Ice creams only to find out they were sold out :'(. I think on my own I would have bailed.
With the annoying ticking noise my bike was making (appears to be pedal again
) I think Peter and Mark probably wished I had bailed.
The 50km home was the biggest struggle though. Although it had cooled off by then I was so full of drink I really didn't want to eat anything. I managed half a bag of chips and a coke in Thaxted and that was just enough to see me home.
Those that swapped out to the 100 definitely made a wise choice and I should probably learn some sort of lesson from this
Still it'll probably rain for the R&R next weekend so I can moan about instead
