Short blog tonight ahead of tomorrow’s epic! Clare and I went for a ride to Stonehouse for the opticians (cue all those jokes about my cricket). A new and novel experience my pedal fell off exactly half way! I ended up cycling home on one pedal not an experience I’m keen to repeat! Ironically it was my trusty mount “Shadowfax” which I had hoped to ride on the Exmouth Exodus tomorrow. Made me realise the bottom bracket needs some attention so will use “Sir Gawaine”  tomorrow. Glad it happened today and not 1 a.m. in the middle of nowhere!

Another win for us on Thursday this time we snatched victory from the jaws of defeat so we were “Over the Moon, Brian!” Still pinching myself about the cricket from Edgbaston-what an Ashes; error strewn but riveting!