Audax rides

Scraped round the Old 240 at the weekend, first audax for a long time and longest ride in some years. Felt good in parts but between Alston and Scotch Corner there were a lot of dark thoughts. Picked up a few things to improve in future and a few questions for people that have ridden more of the things:

• is wrist/hand pain inevitable after 200 miles or can things still be improved?
  
• how to make sure you have enough warm clothes? I could have worn full winter gear over night but had packed layers more suitable for cold spring day. Fortunately another rider leant me an extra layer, I might not have made it otherwise.
  
• replace tyres before it's too late, got lucky buying a spare in Appleby.
  
  

And a few snaps: