This time I felt a trip to london is in order. After all Gandad did this once, not sure what route he took but I like the idea. Went to mum and dad's for the night then headed of early in the morning.
Speaking of route, I've had to spend quite some time figuring this one out. The A5 would be an obvious choice for anyone who likes being flattened by a lorry. But the south of this road looks rather too scary for my taste. This meant heading through Watford instead of St Albans.
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This was a long one. 105 miles on the clock after I took a couple of wrong turns. I was amazed how it actually felt easier than the 60 I did to Hereford a few weeks before. For one it didn't have the big up-hill. But the main thing was that I seemed to reach a point where it hurt, but no more than the previous 40 miles. Just like that 40 became 60, 60 became 80 and 80 became my 105.
So the ride went pretty well. although the sat-nav (phone) died and I had to ask lots of directions once I got to Marble Arch in London. Got some strange looks and comments such as "Croydon?... thats miles away!". Really? I've just done 90; how bad can it be? Awesome.
For this trip, there was definitely a big insensitive; to go see Liz, Jon and of course Theo. Theo seems brighter every time I see him and it was just so much fun getting to play with him again.
