Awwww, Thanks for rooting for us! Loved reading all of this post-ridding! As much as I love this forum I find it a little fiddly on the phone.
Kudos to @Murun for posting along! I opted for FB SBR page (and WhatApp, emails).
Great seeing @HankChief and @edinburgh87 in Inners, @gembo at home and thanks for chumming me to Fairmilehead. It was good to wear the SBR jersey so that people could recognise me. That way I also met @Murun ("I don't know who he is but he is wearing an SBR jersey, therefore is my friend") and we kept bumping into each other on various controls.
I even got to meet @acsimpson while he was having his arrival hot potato and I was having my departure Victoria sponge in Malton.
Also @sheeptoucher hosted me in his spare room in Beattock (and provided an amazing bath towel) which was so much better than a hall full of snorers.
Day 2 and 4 (the hilly bits) were the hardest and left me gubbed. I didn't mind the heat TBH. Interestingly my heartrate never really went up much. I just kept on plodding and got there in the end.
It's difficult to do such ride without all the support at the controls. Food available any time and a bed for a couple of hours. During the Eightsome Reel last year we struggled to find food in late/early hours and I grew weaker and weaker as the ride progressed.
It was rather amazing being in that bubble. Every rider doing their own thing but you would see them frequently, ride along for a bit but also ride on your own a lot.
I had one weak moment on day 4 near Alston when I sat on the side of the road but before I could start feeling sorry for myself I was picked up by a fellow SBR member. So it was definitely nice to have someone to ride with when things got hard.
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