Start Time 08:00
Finish Time 19:30
Actual Mileage 97.5 miles
Average Speed (13.5 mph)
We set off and within a couple of miles we hit the infamous fourth road bridge cycling. Then we skirted around the dodgy bypass roads of Edinburgh during the rush hour and took a break in a park on the outskirts where we felt like we were playing truant by pumping hip hop music out of a speaker and drinking stimulative drinks on a park bench.
We got a little lost tracking the back streets of Edinburgh but then managed to get on a country road taking us to the town of Peebles. Not much banter to report on the roads compared to previous days, more abuse than anything as we got increasingly frustrated that we were not getting anywhere fast. We did 45 miles in 7 hours and still had another 50 miles to go at 3pm…
Steve had some achilles pains, Rob got so excited he kicked his chain off, Ollie’s ipod died after an hour and he was very demotivated without his 2 earphones, Joe found out he doesn’t like energy satchets and Rhys had schoolgirls pushed out in front of him as he cycled along the 3’oclock school run. But then we hit a nice stretch of road and an awesome valley along the very scenic A7 and the world was our oyster. We picked up our pace and with Steve a long way in the lead we went for a 1 pit stop strategy over 30 miles to see us past the finish line quicker than Michael Schumacher can complete a F1 Grand Prix.
Horrendous road kill of the day (superbly sponsored by Mcdonalds Chicken Mayo’s): A fox with its bones sticking out and quite a few squashed rabbits.
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