Sunday morning saw me really not wanting to get out of bed. Luckily, Deirdre had offered to have Finn (again) so neither of us had to walk the hound. And we'd left our bikes in Maplehurst so we didn't have to worry about prepping them. So it was - tip out of bed, get breakfast, get in the car and get to Maplehurst. Where we all compared sore spots from yesterday and set off on exactly the same route as yesterday. Ground Hog Day! OOOOOOO! Sore quads.....
Never mind! An hour or so into the ride and endorphin time! We managed a very civilised stop for coffee at Cafe Rouge:
and then pedalled onwards and upwards to Steyning for lunch. Cheesy chips with bacon were choice of the day for some of us! It's actually hard to know what to eat at lunchtime. I am finding that whatever I have makes me feel bloated and lethargic for quite a way afterwards. And unfortunately we had 3 largish hills to get over before we reached Storrington. We were seriously cut up by some stupid driver who nearly caused a major accident which could have involved taking all of us out and the oncoming car. Missed the whole scenario by a whisker but got plenty of verbal feedback from the five of us. Added to the earlier run-in Alex had in Ditchling with another inconsiderate car driver and it seems all the idiots were out sunday driving today! There followed a rather slow climb up Mushroom Hill. Except for Alex who was under the impression we were racing to Adversane! He won! I got very depleted towards the final mile or two and John assisted me at one point by cycling next to me and pushing me! But eventually we did make it to the Bax Castle pub near Southwater and stopped for a quick drink before heading home for well earned showers.
Phew! Over 300m in a week! That's almost a third of our eventual trip! Wow!!!
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