2009-07-04 Sat - Dunwich Dynamo 2009

Sorry about that, we had a slightly different route in our GPSes (it differed from this years route in two places near the end) and we decided to stick with it rather than risk being taken off route and then dropped, sorry you waited for ages for us, we tried to shout to you to just carry on.

Ah, that was it--I half suspected that, as you'd said at Dunwich that you had a different GPS trail. You didn't go via Yoxford, did you?

Can't have been far away from you, we bumped into someone else cycling back saying he'd been riding with you but couldn't keep up.

Uh, who was that? Do you mean someone riding back? I can't for the life of me remember anyone else. Or did they start riding back later than us?

We then saw Daniel pass through Great Dunmow as we were grabbing some food in a cafe. You're right that he looks like a strong rider, he'll enjoy LEL (as will I, but probably not with as much time in hand).

He's very strong and constant and fairly impervious to the elements except for heat and strong sunshine--the latter two really make him suffer, as he burns and overheats quite easily, he said. I'm almost the opposite.

I got back about 45 minutes ago as I had to finish my ride in Putney (as planned for my DIY Audax ride). 434km in total; a shade under 27 hours from the start in Dorking and a ride up Box Hill on the way to Hackney. Need beer and to burn all of the clothes I was wearing.

Don't you want to donate them to a museum?

Well done! I wish I could have made it back.