Ok I went to do the DIY 400 on tuesday, as this seemed the best bet for weather this week
How wrong I was
The short story is that I made it round 442k but unfortunately took about 30 hours doing it so it's no good to get validated
High points
1) My rebuilt from scrap and spares light was literally brilliant and worked flawlessly despite the high levels of wetness. Inoled optics rule.
2) I saw a badger in Chippenham
3) There is a 24 hour coffee shop in Chippenham. Cappuchino at 4am, hmm hmm
4) The Garden Cafe in Frome does a nice flan
5) My socks were dry at least 50% of the time during daylight hours
6) Slept in a bus shelter, phone box and a church porch. Yes I know it was only a 400 but I think the sore throat drained out more energy than usual
7) Ginsters Steak pastys sound like a horrible thing to eat. However, in this case for some reason this was the breakfast of champions from Frome 24 hour garage.
Bristol / Bath cycle path was loverly
9) Navigation in Bristol went well this time.
10) Nice man in Sopworth at midnight with a torch saw me reading a map and asked if I was ok
Minus ponts
1) Sore throat
2) It rained pretty much all night
3) Route not clear at Wickwar (middle of bloody nowhere) and found I didn't have that bit of map.
4) Campag repeatedly malfunctioned so that the gears jumped except when using the 26 sprocket.
5) Navigation in Frome and Bridgwater need sorting out
6) I missed the sunset on the Severn Bridge again
