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Howard
Got super delayed setting off and didn’t leave till 10:55, not an ideal start to 220km, had a decent headwind for the first 80km but at least it was dry, rain started as I arrived in Salisbury and dived into a Pret A Manger for some real food about 100km in, bit of a phone and garmin charge and was back on the road within 20 minutes, dark and proper raining by this stage but at least the headwind had died down, still 110km to go, and realised I’d be hitting the holiday inn express Taunton at about 9pm missing out on my planned harvester dinner!
No bailout options so kept on trucking, was getting pretty chilly as the rain had saturated my gloves and shoes. First light battery died 12km out from the end but other than a bit of confusion as to why it had got so dark the battery change took a minute and I carried on.
Rolled up to the hotel, I’d arranged for my bike to stay in conference room b and after a quick shower I’m now sat in the bar waiting for a dominoes pizza to be delivered.
Thankfully my saddle bag kept my dry clothes dry and I’m slowly warming up too!
https://www.strava.com/activities/1328392636
#classy!