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@stelle
aw bless! we were there when you fell over and there was this sudden hush in the room as everyone thought that something awful had happened, the cheer I think was muchly in relief when you stood up in good style.
Good ride, I'm glad I did it, and lovely to see so many people, even if briefly (I wonder how I missed so many more though?) Next time I'd like to do it a bit quicker and be on the beach for dawn. Me and Matthew mainly just rode together at our own pace, which did slip slower as the night drew on and those last 25miles dragged out in the rain. Possibly due to our combined reluctance to use all the sport food we had with us - it took us 15 minutes to agree to share an energy gel, and I brought the rest home!
Would have liked to spend more time at Dunwich to savour the achievement & see folk but that rain threatened to squash my morale so had to leave, shivering, before I refused to ever ride again.
Happy days!