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Now that I'm partially rested from my weekend I can add my few lines to the above reports.
I'd ridden from Northampton to London on the Saturday (95 miles in total) and thought 5 hours sleep plus an hour or two leg rest would be enough for the Oxford ride. My brain was up for it but my body couldn't hack it as I was shortly to discover.
I will forever praise Bernie for literally towing me with a bungie cord and cable ties then accompanying me back to Balham and Chris (Clubman) for physically keeping me on the bike at intervals. I'd also like to thank the rest of the fantastic troup for staying with me when I slowed on the hills/gradients/whatever you want to call them. I'm just sorry there are no pics of those sections of the ride especially the bit where I fell off the bike into mud, I was that tired!
Despite that I enjoyed the bits where I had to up my game: namely the ride from Tooting Broadway to Ealing - strong pace and (very) short stretches between Ealing and Oxford.
Once the troup had 'carried' me into Oxford, the Watlington welcome committee was ace. I was touched by that and by the chocolate cake on offer at the meeting place kindly arranged by FOB and daughter - pure niceness and I've got a pic of the LFGSS parking notice that I'll attempt to post later unless someone else gets there first.
I didn't run but enjoyed watching and supporting my fellow sweeps and our lovely Mary Poppins. Certain pictures taken at the pub - well, what can I say? Future blackmail or embarrassment potential :-) . A couple of ideas for future rides were aired that sounded good. Port as a post-race 'recovery' drink anyone?
All in all - a thoroughly gorgeous, lovely, wonderful day with a great bunch of people that I'm very pleased to have spent time with.
I love LFGSS peeps!!!