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Oh, I did it yesterday too. Would love to do it with my wife, doing it in two days might just make that manageable - I hadn't even thought of that so thank you. What was camping like - did you pitch up a tent or just a bivi and sleeping bag? Must have been beautiful, such a good route.
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Just bivvy+sleeping bag. Camping would have been very good if I'd picked my spot better, as it were I got badly hassled by mosquitoes the whole time, and discovered in the morning that I had set camp next to a bog. Ah well, it can't be perfect every time can't it :-)
Yeah I reckon cutting it in two chunks was a good thing especially as I was on a fixed gear. Not sure in what state I'd have been at the end had I done it in one go.
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^Looks amazing!
This weekend I packed the bivvy kit on the fixed gear again and went off to do the Stayer Cycles "The Distance" route #5, Dirty Kanzelled. Left on Friday evening and camped around km 55, before finishing the day after. Amazing route, and hard work too even split in two like I did. Only problem was that I pitched camp in the dark right next to a swamp. So many mosquitoes.
If I were to do it again I'd probably start earlier and go all the way to Baldock (just before the halfway point) for supplies before trying my luck in Bush Wood nearby. It would also for two more balanced halves. I was pretty mashed up towards the end on Saturday.