From one tiny village to the next, this was our longest ride since a crazy ride we did in Kenya a while ago. But despite having done 400km in the few days leading up to this, this was in fact quite an easy and uneventful day. We left relatively early - hitting the road at 8 - and made good time, with a helping wind and a straight road. We managed to cover the 50 miles to Oxford by 12.45, which is 20 miles further than we had got by that time on all the other days. The 20 miles down to Princes Risborough were also quick and uneventful - once we had navigated the Oxford bypass safely and in the right direction.
Contrary to the consensus of most people I know we find that it is easier and indeed safer to ride along small 'A' roads, rather than small 'B' or indeed unnamed roads. This meant that we spent a long time on the A420 cruising along at 35kph.
500kms of experience, for our bikes, our panniers and our legs. Now we just have to ride back to London, and send our bikes in to be boxed up for the plane. We also need to find a laptop so that we can keep you updated along the way in the States. Can anyone recommend any of the notebook computers? All going according to plan otherwise. It would be great if you could all keep spreading the word to widen the sponsorship base.
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