• Nice one. The Premier Inn is close by so should have time to do some practice the afternoon before.

    In the meantime I took a clubmates advice and created the closest 10 mile loop I could that is flat and, early morning, should be relatively traffic (light) free.

    https://ridewithgps.com/routes/18988624

    Actual route is pretty minging from memory but that's not really the point.

  • Yeah that stretch is shit. Crap road surface, loads of lorries doing at least 40mph with a mix of one and two lanes each way. On the plus side, northbound should be pretty free of left hooks once you get past the first couple of roundabouts and turn-offs.

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