How do I start for today? Let’s just say I’m pretty worn out as I think it is to be expected six days into this trip. Bite packing the perimeter of Britain, fundraising for Movember. I think this is day six. Definitely feeling pretty tired today. Yesterday was a [ __ ] day and uh so I’m going to get to Edinburgh today and my plan is to have a day of just resting and recovering, staying in Edinburgh for a day and just sort of getting getting my ducks in a row. So last night my mates Jimmy, Emily, and Bella came and rescued me after all the mechanicals and issues I was having. And then basically the plan was to get to Edinburgh and have a day off, which was definitely going to be needed for tomorrow. I got the big guns out, the old jelly babies, one of the best. Don’t know if you can see how swollen up my hands are. They’re [ __ ] awful. And then the next thing that happened was my Di2 died, but thankfully I had a spare battery. And with the new XTR mech, it’s pretty easy to just take the battery out and swap it out, which is really good. I ended up riding on the A1 for a while, which is a a road which I don’t recommend anyone ever cycles on. It’s not particularly fun or nice, but you get to see the Scottish sign, welcoming into Scotland, where I decided to slap some stickers on the sign because why not? And then slowly getting back more into Scotland, things got a bit better. This was kind of the the last big climb of the day, which was pretty steady actually. And then I got joined by my mates Sam and Sophie for the last like 65k coming back into Edinburgh. It was awesome to catch up with these two. I haven’t seen either of them in what feels like ages. And they showed me their amazing magical Jedi Master water fountains. Really quite cool. We visited a few beaches on our way into Edinburgh and the road along the prominard. And then my mate Mark came out and rode with us for a little bit as well. And then Sophie and Sam very kindly took me out to dinner to have an amazing pizza. [Music]
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Enjoy some well-earned rest.
You were dead on about your expectation of feeling rough by the end of the week! Only fitter from here, though it’s amazing to see how far you’ve managed to get, enjoy your rest day!
As I type this, hope you're well into resting, recovering, & getting your ducks in a row!
I'm sure you'll wake up for the next part of journey recharged (including your Di2 batteries! 😅), feeling fresh as the proverbial daisy, you got this! 🚵💪
Would aerobars help your hands, Chris?