Tan Hill Audax, that'll be a doddle, after all, this year I've done the Etape Du Dales, Dales Grimpeur and even cycled to Alnwick in one day - how wrong can you be. Strong winds, driving rain and cold mist on the hill tops - typical August Audax weather
, boy did I find it tough.
Still, Mark and family many thanks for all the effort, much appreciated, and that soup after 130 hard miles was wonderful.
Arthur - at the time I was in too much pain
- was that when you were dancing away on the pedals into the mist like a spring rabbit on the toughest upward bits. That wasn't pain, if you'd seen the sad wet sorry mess a mile back down the road grinding away on a 34x23, that was real pain
PS sorry I couldn't give you a lift back from Shipton, with a bike in I can only get two adults in (shall have to get one of those MPV jobbies). Still you got to York before we did anyway.