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we didnt make it happen. all you lovely people who decided to ride to the coast and allowed me to tag along and enjoy that beautiful sunny morning on the beach. YOU all made it happen. we were just the conduit through which all that lovely energy and enthusiasm was allowed to flow.
highlights/oddities. (because we all love a list right?)
that beach. it was so serene i felt so peaceful.
being able to help both bobbo and an unknown cyclist whose knee had blown.
the feed station, the people manning that deserve big rep. and a lot of the cyclists using it deserve massive neg. when i rolled out of there the place was a tip. the volunteers were awesome.
the camaraderie. rolling alongside the forumites. you all made me feel part of the family. all the thousands of other cyclists didnt seem to have the same connection.
seeing the two huddled girls with a sheared dropout at the side of the road who were waiting till 5.30am before calling their parents to come pick them up because they considered that time of the morning to be respectable compared to the 4 am it actually was.
Iain, good to finally meet you and edscoble is right you are totally flamboyant.
everyone i met was amazing actually.
big props to those that rode back. (it helped us as we actually accidentally overbooked the coach, good accountant arent i?)
following all those twinkly lights on the way out of london and in all those little country lanes was both magical and exciting.
thinking we were off route then going round a corner and seeing a flashing light in the distance. so glad i didnt actually plan the route on my satnav and relied on leaning out the window and asking people/ following the lights. made it much more of an amazing adventure. fully recommended to anybody contemplating it next year. (actually am already contemplating again already.)
meeting TSK on the beach. big props for his advice from last year. good to meet you sir. hope your ride back was pleasant.
im sure there was more but its going to only be remembered over the next few weeks as bits come back to me.
oh yeah was there a fool on one of those big heavy boris bikes? or did i just imagine it in my sleep deprived hallucagenic state ;-) big props Leo for getting it all the way there with no problems and for kate for staying with him on that last stretch.