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Nice ride! A couple of long days for mid-winter. I assume you were hotelling it, not camping?
Great to get so much coast. I can't remember what the wind was doing but hope you had more from behind than in your face. I don't reckon you lost out by cutting it short. The coastal stuff is great, the lanes inland can be pleasant enough but nothing extra special, and after a couple of long days, it must have been good to get back at a decent time.
Trying to persuade family to go to Whitstable for new year's day sea food lunch in one of the pubs, but weather looks like it will win the argument.
I thought I recognised that Premier shop at first as a control from the Oasts and Coasts, but it was in Deal - I guess they all look the same - then I realised why you photographed it.
I'm planning to do this at some point for a chilled midweek tour, so will be helpful to have a look at the various route versions.
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Hotels, yeah. I couldn't convince the other half to test the new tent.
There was no wind, which was good I guess (I copped it on NYE ride, inland) but it meant the fog hung around a lot. It made the ride down quite stressful in the dark on the shitty lanes. NYD looked grim and that's even before you factor in my riding/drinking hangover(s).
The route that YAL provided was good. I'd just want more daylight hours so I could hit more pubs for longer and it was pretty busy with dog walkers and peds which is fine as I'm nice and patient when touring but meant we always felt like we were moving too slow given the hours of daylight we had. When the fog combined to make stuff "invisible" it was a bit of a double whammy.
hippy
I mean, it's no Alps epic but nah no issues with your route. Doing it in winter was probably asking a bit much given the hours of daylight and the pretty crappy tile bagging day I created to get us to Ashford. When we came out of the pub to another flat and the fog had moved in again we were just like "fuck it, train from here is the same price as train from Ashford, let's go"