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@Greasy_Slag
Fantastic ride... ChapFkingAux - to all those who made it. That was tough work but we had a strong group of riders
It's the only ride I have been on where everybody walked at least one hill, it’s been said how the hills were real challenging but you had to work just as hard on the descents, 50 mile of hidden corners, sharp climbs, gravelly descents, narrow tracks, tractors, lamas and the Jamaican’s… it was a constant battle… constant fun battle!!
It needs to be taken into account that we stopped for a long pub lunch and made a point to wait for the last man on the big climbs and many un-named junctions, brief stops but they all add up.
Everyone was so shot they couldn’t face the last descent (and climb back up) to the beach at St Margarets, it was a combination of additional hills & having to race them back to get the train. So we settle in the pub at the top. We had fish & chips, we had seagulls… we had sun burn and John had his budgie smugglers!