First day thinkings

Last night's post was short & sweet-after we fell asleep for the third time it seemed better to just finish the sentence & go to bed properly. Now is the morning of the second day, weather's looking pretty good so far, although at 6.15, there's plenty of time for that to change.
Yesterday, all our troubles seemed- well, right with us actually. It was a day for sorting out boundaries - we had one small crash ( Beth's fault), we've decided we need to stop more frequently for drinks and raisin breaks-just short ones and especially in the first couple of hours. When you're full of enthusiasm, you don't feel you need them, but by the time you do, it's too late. We're also learning more about each other's cycling styles, for example Jude is faster uphill, but prefers a rest on the way down, Beth is pretty much the opposite ( though not so fast down the hills now, as her bike's not handling well above about 30mph). So we overtake each other as necessary, and we get there eventually. By common unspoken consent, we walked up Berriesford Blaes -that hill's nearly vertical! But as Jude said "Even Chris Hoy would have to walk up here!"