Day 2 - Up the Hills to the Finish

Photo 19: Paul cooling Ian down with his battery powered water pistol!

Photo 20: Ian fueled up and ready for another ride

Photo 21: A well earned drink at the end of day 2

The fourth round of rides was hills, hills and more hills!!. Long hard pushes up and then fast descents. Paul started our fifth round at 14:53 with 141 miles on the clock. He had another hard hot climb and I then took over with some more up as well as some welcome down. Kevin then went next and took us to within 30 miles from home. Ian then went out for the last of the fifth round rides and took another "Lift Off" drink to help him on his way.

With 20 miles left to go we started a sixth round of rides, but we shortened them to 20 minutes each to keep people going. Ian hopped on for what we thought was the last of the sixth round and we set the sat nav up and found there was actually 11 miles left. Ian did the first 6 on his own, then I hopped up my bike with 5 miles to go and we cycled the last bit in together. Day 2 was done, it was the longest day, but it had been fun and the scenery spectacular. Just one more day to go!