The Dog & Duck
3 and a quarter hours - 25 miles in, at the Dog & Duck, official rest stop E.
Spoke too soon about the weather - it's turned really horrid on me. Since 10min after I set out last time, I've been in everything between cold drizzle to driving rain so heavy the drops hurt as they hit. Definitely time for a pint!
I'm well ahead of my time last year now, even with the detour, and I'm feeling fine, but my knees are starting to give me gyp, especially the right one, which is doing the clicky thing faster than a blogging goth having a relationship crisis. I'm a bit worried about this - there's a couple of big climbs yet to do, although I've done the first three fine. I've passed two points where I stopped to moan in pain and exhaustion last year already.
Maybe this King & Barnes Sussex Draught will help. It's only 3.5%, honest, officer. Couple of packets of crisps will buffer it.
3 and a quarter hours - 25 miles in, at the Dog & Duck, official rest stop E.
Spoke too soon about the weather - it's turned really horrid on me. Since 10min after I set out last time, I've been in everything between cold drizzle to driving rain so heavy the drops hurt as they hit. Definitely time for a pint!
I'm well ahead of my time last year now, even with the detour, and I'm feeling fine, but my knees are starting to give me gyp, especially the right one, which is doing the clicky thing faster than a blogging goth having a relationship crisis. I'm a bit worried about this - there's a couple of big climbs yet to do, although I've done the first three fine. I've passed two points where I stopped to moan in pain and exhaustion last year already.
Maybe this King & Barnes Sussex Draught will help. It's only 3.5%, honest, officer. Couple of packets of crisps will buffer it.