A tad late with my few words but it's taken this long to recover from the weekend of cycling as I rode to Oxford on the Sunday. That's a whole other story re being pulled along by bungee cord/zip ties, being supported on the bike and mud comes into it too
Saturday was part one of a great cycling weekend. I really enjoyed the route and the entry into London was much better for my nerves than the previous ride. I calculated that I did about 95 miles in total, but that doesn't include the 'extra' segment some of us did

Congrats to BrumJim on your 'ton'.
Birmingham to London sounds like a good'un.