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Me, Matt P, Hayden, Devon and Barney got train down to Liverpool St and cycled up to London Fields to meet Eddie.
Set off about 8.50 so we had plenty of lights to follow out of London, which seemed to take forever. At Epping took a wrong turn by following time-triallists with GPS. Ooops! Emergency navigating got us back on track. Dark now and at the front and overtaking other riders I managed to loose the group. Stopped and waited for a bit but no sign. (turns out they were fixing barney's punctures) perhaps they'd gone past?
So set off at pace and got caught by a fast group. Hung on for a way but lost them at a junction. Had some nice alone time in the dark - turned lights off for a bit to enjoy moonlight!
Caught up with a guy doing reasonable pace at Finchingfield and cycled together to the feed stop. Had pasta salad and coffee and went outside and met the others, minus Barney and Matt, who had just turned up. Massive queue at feed by now so decided to head off after brief stop for water.
Moving quickly now we caught up with some experienced looking guys who were fair shifting too. Did a good distance with them but unfortunately they seemed to be following their own route and we lost them as we followed signposted directions.
As it began to get light we cruised through narrow country lanes in the direction of the orange glow. Finally signs for Dunwich! Speed increased and we managed to get to the beach just in time for sunrise at 4.35am. Breakfast at the cafe (beans on toast FTW!) and beach snoozing followed.
Barney turned up at 7ish minus Matt who it turns out has his own story to tell!
Starting to rain we decided to leave for the station at Ipswich. For me this was the hardest part of the ride especially psyching up to set off in the rain. Which soon stopped as we left Dunwich! Made the 11.02 to Cambridge after navigating one-way system.
Got home and fell asleep on sofa watching tennis and drinking can of Tyskie but woke up in time to see the final set. Legs tired today.