Day 5- 2 June - Ely to Norwich

Would have been beautiful with sun and gentle easterly; a shame it was cloudy cold and a strong northerly!  But only 59 miles so arrived 5pm after elevenses in Brandon and lunch in Attleborough.

Phil saw several trains

Day 4- 1 June - Rugby to Ely

Miserable weather just continued to get worse as we approached Ely. Team effort sorted Nigel's gear cable. Heartening breakfast from Laura set us om our way.

 Thrapston

A1

Day 3 - 31 May -Hereford to Rugby

Sublime to ridiculous. I arrived exhausted at 8pm.

Started sunny finished cold wet and windy. Got drenched in Warwick.

Herefordshire donkeys

Tea room in Warwick

Monday 30th May - Llanddeusant to Hereford

Another beautiful sunny day and views of Black Mountains.  Hilly part early today before racing down the Wye Valley to Hereford. Met Roy and Megan at the canal basin in Brecon. I managed a game of chess in the middle of Hay (festival time so all sorts there and very busy).

Sunday 29th May - Pembroke to Llanddeusant

 Sunny all day. Great breakfast at Ifor's  mum's, lunch at Aldi in Carmarthen, and Phillip did us proud for dinner. Cycling was tough especially the sting in the tail of a 500ft climb to the YHA.

Sat 28th May Pembroke and Angle

Arrived early afternoon in bright sun and did tour of Angle peninsula, RNLI and Ifor's relatives.

Bikes loaded into the van, Dave H tucked up for the night after a wee dram.  Not looking forward to a 5.30am alarm and the joys of the A14.  Going to be a long day tomorrow ...

Ready and raring to go

I don't want to tempt fate by claiming to be at the peak of fitness, as I am sure the Welsh hills will have something to say, and sing about that. But I have been doing 70 to 80 miles each week for the last 6 months, which last week included an 85 mile round trip to Welwyn Garden City. The Garmin (bike computer) is fully loaded with Mark's map routes and the bike recently serviced. Really looking forward to the trip....

Testing testing ...

Thanks Mark for setting up the ANGLOW blog.  Only four days to go and my training has consisted mainly of rowing and going to Greggs.  Bike serviced today, Garmin maps loaded, new panniers - I am nearly ready to tackle the Welsh hills!  Looking forward to the Wheelnuts getting together again.

15th May - Girton to Barrington to St Ives

Planning 40/50 miles... Turned out a beautiful day. Just managed 60 miles.

Desborough ride 8th May

We fought through the high temperatures and winds, and I demonstrated some doubtful technique mending a puncture. The highlight was a nice lunch at Launde Abbey. It was about 40 miles and 2800ft of hill, so a good work out.

Not long to go and we're all fully trained and ready for the Welsh mountains. Er well, maybe... at least the Cambridge members have been to Greggs a lot.