05/09/2012

Day 5 Cromer to Skegness

I call this day my "rag doll day".  The day started a bit grey and cold but got brighter later on. I had my first 122 mile introduction to the dreaded "head wind" to make the day just that bit harder.

The reason why I call this my rag doll day is the combination of constant head winds, long flat straight (boring) roads and hundreds of big trucks speeding past to toss me around like a rag doll.

I did stand my 6ft square ground among all these beasts and came out the other side!

Apart from that I played a game to keep me going, see how many moving vehicles you can pass in the day, at the end of 122miles and 8 hours the score was 0. "I won't play that game in a hurry again, it's not good for moral.

 

There was some really lovely bits too, just not enough on this journey.

Daybreak wasn't wonderful but sunset was great, especially through my yellow cycling glasses

Like previous cycling days the predicted miles for this day was 115, and ended slightly more, bringing the combined total to 560 miles.

Me feeling victorious.