Well, I said yesterday that Mike & I would be out cycling whether rain or shine...& boy did it rain. Don't get me wrong it didn't rain for the whole ride I think it actually stopped at one point. So heres the tale of events, we set off at 9.00 am in a light shower which progressed into a down pour at about the 5 mile point, this petered to a shower & then it actually stopped [false hope]. After a brief stop mid-point we turned for home & thats when the heavens opened, we cycled through a monsoon & floods across the road barely able to see at one point. As I led us into the beating rain I could hear Mike saying "this is bloody horrible" to which I replied "its character building" - half a mile later Mike whimpered "its not character building it bloody horrible" - my reply - "I think its brightening up" - we both burst into fits of laughter. And of course it never did brighten, up at least not until we had completed our 60 miles & got home - 'brilliant'.
By the way we never got our cup of tea at Ellesmere as we both forgot to take any money - D'oh!
One further thing I will add is that despite the appalling conditions we both loved every minute & if we can cycle through this then we are well on the way to meeting our targets for the L2P.
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