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or have you heated up enough to compensate for the extra freshness!?
You need to go in when you've just arrived. There's no point once you've cooled down inside. This year, it was so warm that there was hardly a need to adapt, but I've done it in conditions in which it was a real struggle, and it was still fine and extremely relaxing once you made the plunge. It's the best thing about arriving there, don't miss it.
Oliver Schick
The bacon/egg rolls and free tea coffee was the best stop. What lovely folk.
Really enjoyed my first dynamo. Nice meeting some more forrum folks, loved bike spotting and random chat rolling out of London in such huge numbers. Loads of support from the roadside.
Highlight was having a gal latch on with us just after Sudbury sheepishly explaining her main light had died, and we all kept perfect pace and enjoyed good natter until the end pretty much, so new friend success! Also seeing that mental quad-bike thing
Low points were mostly the flies, the worst cooked breakfast at the Ship Inn and our possible lift being bad at communication so the ride back to Norwich was awful. Would have been okay if we'd set off with only a short break, but instead it was the worst 35mi of my life.
Next year I fancy leaving earlier and doing it faster to catch the sunrise at the beach