Challenge: Team Bar-Yar to ride approximately 83 miles from Peterborough to Norwich
Unbelievably everyone was genuinely disappointed to discover we could not have breakfast until 8am!! We wanted to be on the road, but the all-you-could-eat Premier Inn Breakfast won everyone over, but with an unexpected number of non fried options!!
The flat Norfolk fens were surprisingly dull and we actually longed for some hills to break it up. Cycling was a little hampered by the head wind and unfortunately for Dave the railway crossing too. He had a little tumble but no serious injury thankfully. We took a cycle network path for a bit of variety but this just took us along 3 sides of a field and not fun on skinny tyres…
We stopped in Downham Market for lunch in a little café, then pushed on through Watton to Norwich. Was a bit of a slower day and we finally arrived about 7pm, to be greeted by the earlier arrivals, on their way out to the pub.
Norwich was not particularly lively for a bank holiday, but we managed to find a little Italian restaurant at short notice for 14 people. Sadly there were no pubs open after 10.30pm, so it was back to the boys room for a can of Carlsberg to celebrate completing the majority of the journey with just the last 20 odd miles to the coast to finish tomorrow.
Chain de-railings: 2 (Em again!)
No. of easter eggs: 14! Courtesy of the emergency services girls
Thought for the day: Cycling into a head wind is hard work, even on the flat!
