Bloody people with cameras!!!!!!!!!! that's my loosest top, be a while before I fit back into my lovely merino again
Great day, though I had a fairly early puncture, thankfully only the one, and then suffered really badly from 45 miles to the end at the 62 mile mark. Jelly babies from Jogger, choccy bar from Pete and a can of full fat coke from a shop helped a bit, but it was a struggle. Still the Road Morph pump got used in anger 5 times(twice on a strangers bike that was in need) and performed very well, most happy with that bit of kit. Some twinges in right knee tell me I might need to lower saddle a touch and the aches everywhere else tell me I need to get more ride fit. But the bike was lovely, just a shame I couldn't really do it justice, though it started the day so clean(unused) that even Ian would have been proud.
Lovely bunch of people, all of whom were quicker than me, so it was marvelous to be nursed round the 'FLAT' course. It's a long time since I was in school and obviously the meaning of the word flat has been changed since then.
I've also discovered that I hate cycling over cattle grids and my left elbow hates them even more. Though that was a minor inconvenience next to the way my legs just seemed to give up the ghost. I even had to walk one hill when I still had a 24t inner ring I could drop to(I would detail the gear inches but Teefs' head may explode).
The route was actually really good and some of the views stunning though the New Forest was remarkably busy today. Very well organised by Pete and he spent the whole ride making sure everyone else was ok....star performance that man!!!!
No I'm more concerned that the one pic of my butt makes it but the 30 they each took of Roz haven't been posted 
