Been out with the kids this afternoon and doing the shopping. They're safely fast asleep (well maybe) so I've just sneaked onto my computer.
Really good cycling today. Apart from the wind and missing two check points everything was going well.......until we reached Flower Lane and it all went very quiet. Seemed to cause all of us alot of bother as I looked back we were strung out down the hill, I was out of the saddle moving side to side around the 8mph mark
We reached the checkpoint at the top of Flower and regrouped then over the next few miles I could feel myself slowly drifting away from the group of five. Whenever there was a slight incline I was struggling. When the gap formed I thought I'd have an opportunity on a descent but it didn't come quick enough so ended riding into the wind on my own. I'd run out of water so stopped off at a petrol garage.
Once I saw a road sign for Bromley at Knockholt I decided to head home rather than do the remaining 7-8 miles back to Horton Kirby. Probably managed 70 miles so not the end of the world and much better prepared for next Sunday.