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When you want to save the activity but are terrified the Garmin will crash
I went through about 8 litres of water, scavenged from church yards mainly, with the addition of the Aldi hydration tablets.
How do you scavenge water from a churchyard - are they known for having taps?
Sounds like a night to remember!
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As Skully says, there are churches in or around most villages, and as long as you're respectful, you can generally fill your boots (bottles!). If they're not obvious, do a quick 360degree sweep, it will probably be on the church wall.
And I find when the calories on the garmin reach 10000, it goes a bit 'tilt'. So I took a picture in case it corrupted!
stedlocks
Four of us, my third time, the others were virgins :0)
One of our lot wanted to do the whole thing, but as I intended to ride back, I just wanted to join at Dunmow, as it would have meant me riding into London, then virtually passing my house about three hours later....
A surly Krampus, Trek Stache 29+, salsa spearfish, and me on the Sequoia.
Lovely ride out, short sleeved all night.
Started to ride home and felt shit almost immediately....oh, oh.
As I was solo home (one camped nearby, two went back to a relative's house), I was determined to push on.....it was so humid! I went through about 8 litres of water, scavenged from church yards mainly, with the addition of the Aldi hydration tablets. Normally, I don't like those with the caffeine added, but that was all I had after buying them by mistake. One upset stomach and massive nausea, made me look like shit and probably smell like the inside of a shit smugglers duffle bag.
I think it was 175 miles though, so that was nice!
Still a great ride, and I actually thought that there were less wankers than I've seen before!