The morning after the ride before!
Todays Activity data includng map can be found here - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/35902957 - Just click on the link to see where we have been
Day two of the actual ride, as always kicked off with a cracking breakfast, as always provided by our cracking army cooking team!
Fair to say there were a few sore points being attended to before the day began
As the Youth Hostel was inland by about 14 miles, the ride had finished the night before just off the A9, so it was back in the minibuses and the vans to get to the start, leaving at 9am... well 3 minutes past after Danny realised he had left his phone behind upstairs as we were about to leave!
64 miles to go today, effectively all the way down the A9, leaving in pairs.
Riders got away by 10am, having travelled down to the start, with Grahame & Princess making their move straight off to get provisions....., as well as saying goodby to Arthur & Gordon who were takign the MPV's back to Bucks - stopping at the Fire Fightes Charity Penrith therapy Centre on the way down!
A cracking days cycling ensued, despite the weather being grey all day, with lots of cloud and patchy rain. First part of the day was fairly uneventful, with all riders making it it in great time and fairly close together to the lunch stop at about 12.30 in an off road parking area.
The support team had built up the army tent, and by the time we got there got hot drinkgs & soup and full buffet lunch out on the table - Fantastic! Yet agin the sight of Pete S & Grahame out on the main A9 watching out for us in high-vis, holding up their cameras as we came in, slowed no end of others down :)
Bob decided that part of the mission was to break the last ride's record of three punctures throughout the whole ride by having two himself with a mile or so! (and before lunch).
After lunch, everyone set off agin in two's and tackled the second part of the day (on a full stomach). the second part of the day involved some beastly climbs with some up to 3 miles long!
Overall on the day we climbed over 800 metres, over some very long slogs. However there were some cracking downhills!
Finally we all rolled into Avimore around 4pm. Fair to say, there was a few more smiling faces, having covered around 64 miles!
Having settled into the youth hostel at Aviemore, we had yet again another cracking meal laid on by Pricess and Crew served up in the dining room, followed by some entertainment laid on by Danny & Simon who clearly had nothing else to think about as they rode along.
Nearly 150 miles in, 80+ miles tomorrow...................
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