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One year later \u2014 and ten years ago this month \u2014 I tackled <a href=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/category\/ride-999\/\" title=\"Andrew Doran: Ride 999\">Ride 999<\/a>, a nine-day, 900 mile ride from London to Milan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year I was on <a href=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2024\/10\/07\/weeknotes-292293-open-office\/\" title=\"Andrew Doran: Weeknotes #292\u2013293 \u2014 Open office\">a business trip to New York<\/a> when a friend from my cycling club announced that sign-ups for the 407km <a href=\"https:\/\/londonwaleslondon.com\" title=\"London-Wales-London\">London-Wales-London<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audax.uk\/about-audax\/new-to-audax\/\" title=\"Audax UK: About Audax: New to Audax\">Audax<\/a> ride would open in the early hours the next day.  This was the last thing at night for me, so I was in the perfect spot to secure a place. I\u2019ve signed up to many events in the past that I\u2019ve not shown up to, typically because of freezing temperatures or incessant rain. But I figured that for \u00a329 it was worth it to at least have the <em>option<\/em> of riding. I signed up, paid the money, put it in the diary and went to bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liam FitzPatrick, the enthusiastic organiser of the event, got in touch via email in late November and again at Christmas. These were handy reminders that I\u2019d signed up to something significant. I think at this point I\u2019d started to mentally commit to doing it, but knew \u2014 and kept telling anyone who would listen \u2014 that if there was torrential rain forecast for the whole weekend I wouldn\u2019t feel bad about pulling out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In late March, thoughts about the ride moved into the foreground. I read the super detailed and incredibly helpful pre-event notes in the emails that Liam sent out. We were well warned that rear flashing lights would not be tolerated under any circumstances. On Saturday mornings, I usually ride with the 16\u201317mph group at the bike club, but I knew that I would be much slower at this distance once refuelling stops and fatigue were factored in. At 12mph, setting off from the start at 6am would see me back to the final checkpoint by around 3am. I started to worry that my <a title=\"Lezyne: Mega Drive 1800i\" href=\"https:\/\/ride.lezyne.com\/products\/mega-drive-1800i\">big front light<\/a> wouldn\u2019t last the ride. I bought it in 2021 to tackle <a title=\"Andrew Doran: Weeknotes #124 \u2014 Audax\" href=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2021\/07\/12\/weeknotes-124-audax\/\">a 300km Audax<\/a> but had only used it for a couple of hours before consigning it to a drawer. Last week I tested it by charging it to full and running it flat, but I was still worried that it wouldn\u2019t last for a whole night. Fortunately, the manufacturer created <a title=\"Lezyne: Infinite Light Power Pack\" href=\"https:\/\/ride.lezyne.com\/products\/infinite-light-power-pack\">a rechargeable battery that straps to your bike<\/a> to keep things going, so I picked one up from <a title=\"Balfe\u2019s Bikes: Lezyne Infinite Portable Light Power Pack in black\" href=\"https:\/\/www.balfesbikes.co.uk\/accessories\/lights\/lezyne-infinite-portable-light-power-pack-in-black__53513\">an online store<\/a>. I also bought <a title=\"Lezyne: Zecto Drive Max 400+ Rear\" href=\"https:\/\/ride.lezyne.com\/products\/zecto-drive-max-400-plus-rear\">a second rear light<\/a> so that I had a spare in case the first one wouldn\u2019t last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the week of the ride arrived, I couldn\u2019t stop myself from checking the weather forecast multiple times a day. Early in the week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epicrideweather.com\" title=\"Epic Ride Weather\">Epic Ride Weather<\/a> was predicting a bit of mid-ride rain, but as the days rolled by the probability of getting wet evaporated. Aside from the near-constant side wind, the biggest challenge was going to be the temperature changes. Cool when I set off from home, hot in the middle of the ride and then cold by the time we got back. I decided to buy arm warmers and leg warmers, bits of kit that I had never used before, as they could be easily taken off and stuffed into a jersey pocket or one of my small bike bags.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1541\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-1.jpeg\" alt=\"I was soon to find out the difference between \u2018feels like 10\u00b0C\u2019 and \u2018feels like 4\u00b0C\u2019.  \" class=\"wp-image-12020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-1.jpeg 1541w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-1-289x300.jpeg 289w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-1-986x1024.jpeg 986w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-1-768x797.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-1-1479x1536.jpeg 1479w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-1-674x700.jpeg 674w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1541px) 100vw, 1541px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I was soon to find out the difference between \u2018feels like 10\u00b0C\u2019 and \u2018feels like 4\u00b0C\u2019.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday I took my bike for a safety check at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lovelocycleworks.co.uk\" title=\"Lovelo Cycle Works, Berkhamsted\">my local bike shop<\/a> and asked them to swap out my old brake pads for new ones. I\u2019d bought the brake pads a few months ago as I realised I\u2019d been riding my bike for a couple of years and hadn\u2019t changed them. But I\u2019ve never swapped disc brake pads over before and hadn\u2019t got round to fitting them. I figured that trying to do it myself for the first time a few days before a big ride was a recipe for disaster. When I picked the bike up they told me that it was in good shape but would need a proper service soon. I also learned from them that brake disc rotors are a consumable part and that they wear out \u2014 I had no idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I took Friday off work to relax, eat, charge all the things and prep my kit so that I could just wake up and go on Saturday morning. Fellow rider Mary and I had agreed to meet in the high street at 4:30am for the hour-long ride to Chalfont St Peter, ideally picking up Dave and Ian on our way through Chesham, and giving us half an hour at the start to grab our brevet cards and faff about. I tried to get to bed early, but my excitement for the ride and anxiety that I would somehow miss my alarm meant that sleep was fragmented and light. I ended up waking just before 4am and turned off my alarms before they even went off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite not being hungry at 4am, I wolfed down half a bowl of muesli and granola as I knew from past experience that a lot of the day would be about managing food consumption. I started to get my kit on. It was 10\u00b0C and rising outside, so I decided that I didn\u2019t need to don my leg warmers. But I also didn\u2019t have enough room to stuff them in anywhere. Not thinking clearly about the forecast, I left them at home. This was a mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"959\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-1-1-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Ready to go, complete with a note left by my wife after I\u2019d gone to bed.\" class=\"wp-image-12031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-1-1-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-1-1-300x112.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-1-1-1024x383.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-1-1-768x288.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-1-1-1536x575.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-1-1-2048x767.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-1-1-700x262.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ready to go, complete with a note left by my wife after I\u2019d gone to bed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Mary was waiting for me in the High Street. After some quick hellos and knowing looks at each other that said \u2018I can\u2019t believe we\u2019re up this early and doing this\u2019, we hit our first hill of the day. I shared my live location to our group on WhatsApp so that Dave and Ian would be able to see when we were approaching their houses. We didn\u2019t spot Dave, but Ian suddenly appeared behind us and quickly took the lead to guide us to the start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a buzz in the air as the riders said hello to familiar faces and were greeted by the smiling volunteers who signed us in and handed each of us our Audax brevet card. This card has a box for each of the places that we are required to prove that we\u2019ve been to, either by getting it validated by a volunteer at a mandatory control stop, writing down the answer to a question (such as \u2018What is written on the house at X?\u2019) or getting a time-stamped receipt from an ATM or a local shop. Each stop has both an earliest and latest time of arrival, with the gaps between them widening as the ride progresses. At the end of the ride, you hand over the completed card and receipts at the finish for final validation.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-2-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Checking in and anticipating what was to come.\" class=\"wp-image-12023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-2-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-2-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-2-700x525.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Checking in and anticipating what was to come.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Some light breakfast items were on offer, so I made myself a couple of slices of toast that I slathered with butter and honey. It had been over an hour since my half bowl of muesli and I knew I\u2019d have to keep forcing food down me, even when I didn\u2019t feel like eating.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-3-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Second breakfast.\" class=\"wp-image-12035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-3-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-3-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-3-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-3-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-3-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-3-700x525.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Second breakfast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At the start we caught up with Dave, as well as Ed whom I hadn\u2019t met before. One of the team had a longer than expected visit to the loo, so we finally got pedalling a few minutes after ride organiser Liam gave his introduction and set everybody off on their journey.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-4-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Listening to Liam Fitzpatrick give his final instructions before we set off.\" class=\"wp-image-12028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-4-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-4-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-4-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-4-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-4-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-4-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-4-700x525.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Listening to Liam Fitzpatrick give his final instructions before we set off.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-5.jpeg\" alt=\"Ready to go at the start. (Photo: Ian Biller)\" class=\"wp-image-12019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-5.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-5-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-5-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-5-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-5-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-5-700x525.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ready to go at the start. (Photo: Ian Biller)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Our pace in the first stint was good, but probably a little too high. It can be difficult when riding in a group to slow down; you tend to be carried along by whoever is setting the pace at the front, tucking in behind them to take advantage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drafting_(aerodynamics)\" title=\"Wikipedia: Drafting (aerodynamics)\">drafting<\/a> effect. If you lose the group, you may end up having to pedal even harder than when you were with them. We passed many groups and individual riders which gave me the impression that we were making good progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We soon reached the first mandatory control stop in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islip,_Oxfordshire\" title=\"Wikipedia: Islip, Oxfordshire\">Islip<\/a>, 61km from the start. This is a typical distance for a Saturday morning club ride, but today we\u2019d only covered 15% of the journey. The catering was superb, with sausage baps (even veggie ones), hash browns, croissants and all kinds of other breakfast things on offer. Two hours after my second breakfast, it was time for my third.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1277\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-6-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Third breakfast at the Islip control.\" class=\"wp-image-12033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-6-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-6-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-6-1024x511.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-6-768x383.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-6-1536x766.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-6-2048x1022.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-6-700x349.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Third breakfast at the Islip control.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As we set off again, the sun was out and we had started to warm up. I wasn\u2019t quite ready to put away my cosy gilet and arm warmers, but I think I took the gilet off somewhere along the way to Tewkesbury, our next stop at the 145km mark.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-7.jpeg\" alt=\"Setting off from Islip. (Photo: Ed Hems)\" class=\"wp-image-12025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-7.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-7-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-7-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-7-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-7-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-7-700x525.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Setting off from Islip. (Photo: Ed Hems)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For the next stint, we started to drop Dave a little bit. He was never too far behind, but didn\u2019t stay with the group. It was understandable given that he had run the London Marathon the weekend before; it was slightly crazy that he was doing this event at all. He had told me that the trick with a ride like this is that you need to ride it at your own pace, and he was absolutely right.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-8-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"I always seem to look this pained when taking a bike-riding selfie.\" class=\"wp-image-12016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-8-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-8-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-8-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-8-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-8-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-8-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-8-700x525.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I always seem to look this pained when taking a bike-riding selfie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve ridden through the beautiful villages of the Cotswolds quite a few times. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guiting_Power\" title=\"Wikipedia: Guiting Power\">Guiting Power<\/a> is my favourite, a little oasis in the middle of rolling countryside. I\u2019ve stopped there occasionally to refuel at <a href=\"https:\/\/oldpostofficeguiting.co.uk\" title=\"The Old Post Office, Guiting Power\">The Old Post Office<\/a> cafe, but not this time. We breezed through, passing people enjoying themselves as they spilled out across the street outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tewkesbury was familiar to me as I stopped there on my previous Audax ride. As we entered the town we stopped to regroup. As we waited, we were approached by the town crier dressed in fabulous full regalia. I resisted the urge to ask him \u201cwhat have you come as?\u201d He was good-humoured and told us that he was new in the job. Looking him up after the ride, I found out that his name is Richard Whincup and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/westcountry\/2024-07-23\/from-stammering-to-town-crier-inspirational-man-given-historic-role\" title=\"ITV News: From struggling to speak to Tewkesbury town crier - how one man is inspiring others with stammers\">he has been on an incredible journey to overcoming a profound stammer<\/a> and land this role.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-9.jpeg\" alt=\"The Tewkesbury Town Crier. I resisted the opening quip of \u201cWhat have you come as?\u201d (Photo: Ian Biller)\" class=\"wp-image-12030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-9.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-9-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-9-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-9-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-9-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-9-700x525.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Tewkesbury Town Crier. I resisted the opening quip of \u201cWhat have you come as?\u201d (Photo: Ian Biller)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I remembered where I stopped for food last time and suggested we roll through the town to find it again. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coffee1.co.uk\/locations\/tewkesbury\/\" title=\"Coffee #1: Tewkesbury\">Coffee #1<\/a> was just what we needed. Locking our bikes together outside the shop we bought ourselves coffees, crisps, cakes and toasted sandwiches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before I knew it, we were rolling again, this time tackling the 41km to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walford,_Ross-on-Wye\" title=\"Wikipedia: Walford, Ross-on-Wye\">Walford<\/a>, situated right next to Ross-on-Wye. This was the only information control of the ride \u2014 where we had to write down the answer to a question on the brevet card \u2014 before continuing to ride another 28km to Chepstow, just inside the Welsh border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Climbing up <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Symonds_Yat\" title=\"Wikipedia: Symonds Yat\">Symonds Yat<\/a> was <strong>hard<\/strong>. I\u2019ve done longer and more difficult climbs, but this was the closest that I\u2019ve ever come to getting off of the bike and walking. I was out of the saddle and grinding away in first gear, huffing and puffing my way to the top, where I found the others waiting.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-10.jpeg\" alt=\"Made it up the Symonds Yat climb! (Photo: Ian Biller)\" class=\"wp-image-12034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-10.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-10-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-10-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-10-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-10-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-10-700x525.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Made it up the Symonds Yat climb! (Photo: Ian Biller)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As we set off again, things started to get weird. I didn\u2019t feel like I could keep up with Ian, Mary and Ed and let them go. I needed to ride at my own pace. They soon disappeared out in front. Dave also disappeared from behind me, so for the first time I was on my own. I was feeling bizarre; a little light-headed, cold and shivery despite the sun beating down on us. I wasn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hitting_the_wall\" title=\"Wikipedia: Hitting the wall\">bonking<\/a> as I still had energy to pedal, but I didn\u2019t feel like I was making good decisions such as where I was steering. The ride into Chepstow is via a series of descents, which I perhaps should have slowed more on than I did. Arriving at the border I found the others waiting for me, greeting me with shouts of \u201cYou\u2019re in Wales!\u201d I think my response was \u201cI feel a bit f\u2014 up\u201d, which quickly changed the mood. They sprang into action, quickly agreeing that we should head to control. I gingerly made my way through the town and got stuck at a traffic light that turned red after everyone else had all passed through. When the light went green I struggled to clip back into my pedal and instead rode my bike up the hill like I was on a skateboard, propelling myself along with my left foot. I missed the turn to the control and ended up at a difficult and busy junction. Instincts told me that I had gone too far, so I called Ian to check. Trundling back down the hill, I found the building and parked up. I was so grateful for the stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week later, Ian told me that at this point he wanted to tell me to quit as I looked dreadful, but he decided not to say anything as he felt it was each rider\u2019s decision as to whether they could do it and wanted to continue. All I remember was that the others cared about me and were keen to make sure I got some food and warmed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I sat shivering as we sat eating delicious bowls of chilli and drinking tea. After the second bowl, I turned my attention to the home-made cakes on the tables, munching away on the most delicious ginger cake. I was starting to feel a bit like myself again. I\u2019m still not sure if I was dehydrated, low on sugar, or if something else was going on.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-11.jpeg\" alt=\"I\u2019ve never needed a bowl of chilli more. (Photo: Ed Hems)\" class=\"wp-image-12036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-11.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-11-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-11-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-11-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-11-525x700.jpeg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I\u2019ve never needed a bowl of chilli more. (Photo: Ed Hems)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>All of the volunteers at the stops were <em>so<\/em> incredibly lovely. At this stop they asked us to bring our water bottles inside and put them on a table. By the time we were ready to leave we found that they had been refilled for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think this is where I started to find things a little tough mentally. It had been a good, solid ride to Wales but now it was early evening \u2014 albeit a beautiful one \u2014 and I knew we had to cycle all the way back again. We set off as a group of five and made our way down to the old <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Severn_Bridge\" title=\"Wikipedia: Severn Bridge\">Severn Bridge<\/a> that crosses the River Wye before spanning the River Severn. Crossing the bridge is a sweet moment when you realise that you\u2019ve made it there from home, under your own steam on two wheels.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-12.jpeg\" alt=\"Across the Severn Bridge (Photo: Ed Hems)\" class=\"wp-image-12017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-12.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-12-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-12-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-12-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-12-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-12-700x525.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Across the Severn Bridge (Photo: Ed Hems)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As we got to the end of the bridge I realised I couldn\u2019t keep up with Ed, Mary and Ian. I hung back with Dave for a few minutes, but the next time I looked behind me he was quite far behind me, so I decided to keep \u2018tapping it out\u2019 at my own pace. This was the first ride I\u2019ve done where I\u2019ve been conscious of my heart rate, which I made visible on my Garmin\u2019s default screen. I tried to keep it at or below a number where I know from an \u2018active recovery\u2019 ride on my indoor trainer that I\u2019m working, but not <em>too<\/em> hard. At this point, I mentally resigned myself to riding the rest of the route on my own. I figured that if I could just keep turning the pedals and keeping my heart rate where I wanted it, eventually I\u2019d make it to the next stop. The sun had started to go down, so I stopped to turn on my lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riding alone is a very different experience to riding in a group. I find that my inner monologue doesn\u2019t shut up, and I have to try and keep it on positive thoughts or listening to whatever music is on my \u2018inner radio\u2019. Just keep going Andrew, you\u2019ll get there. My main focus at this point was on keeping the chilli and cakes down. A climb took me to what I now know is the Somerset Monument, a giant column at the top of a hill, but I could only think \u201coh, that\u2019s interesting\u201d as I didn\u2019t know what it was at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-13.jpeg\" alt=\"The Somerset Monument. When I cycled up to this I was on my own and had no idea what it was. (Photo: Ed Hems)\" class=\"wp-image-12018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-13.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-13-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-13-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-13-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-13-525x700.jpeg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Somerset Monument. When I cycled up to this I was on my own and had no idea what it was. (Photo: Ed Hems)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I kept pedalling. Passing some roadworks and reaching the top of the hill I came across a petrol station, which I thought would be a great place to refill my water bottles. As I pulled in I found Mary, Ian and Ed had also pulled up. I was baffled when they told me that they had only been there for a couple of minutes or so; I hadn\u2019t been riding hard, and yet there they were. Ed suggested that we ride as a group from this point onwards as it was now dusk and the temperature had started to drop. I protested and told them to go on if they felt they could do it \u2014 I figured that nobody wanted to be out longer than necessary (not that <em>any<\/em> of this ride was strictly necessary) \u2014 but they insisted. Inside, I was so glad.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-14.jpeg\" alt=\"Cycling into dusk. (Photo: Ian Biller)\" class=\"wp-image-12021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-14.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-14-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-14-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-14-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-14-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-14-700x525.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cycling into dusk. (Photo: Ian Biller)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The next control, at Lambourn, was over 100km on from our previous stop. Our big night lights went on before we got to the checkpoint. I found myself getting dazzled by some of the rear lights from riders ahead. I should have cleaned my glasses as they were covered in sweat stains and salt, which gave me a lot of glare. It felt better when I was on the front of our group, but I wasn\u2019t strong enough to take the lead role for very long.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-15.jpeg\" alt=\"Dark and difficult. (Photo: Ian Biller)\" class=\"wp-image-12022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-15.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-15-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-15-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-15-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-15-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-15-700x525.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dark and difficult. (Photo: Ian Biller)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>When I wasn\u2019t thinking about how cold I was getting, riding in the dark was special. Owls darted in front of us as they flew from one tree to another. Rabbits decided it was a great time to run across the road as we approached, at one point causing us to brake heavily to avoid hitting one, as it suffered from indecision of which way to turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lambourn was a beautiful sight as the outdoor team with reflective jackets and torches directed us towards the control. They told us that we could wheel our bikes into the hall, which meant there was less faffing around to secure them and find the things we wanted to bring in. Empathy oozed from the volunteers as they told us what a fantastic job we had done to get this far. They couldn\u2019t have been more thoughtful and caring, offering us tea, coffee, biscuits, beans on toast, more bowls of hot chilli and words of encouragement. I wasn\u2019t hungry, but I knew I had to keep eating, piling some fig rolls and Bourbon creams on top of the beans on toast. I was now really struggling to get warm \u2014 I really could have done with those leg warmers that I left at home \u2014 and asked the group whether they minded me getting another hot drink before we set off. At this point, I remember texting my wife and saying that I didn\u2019t want to go out again. Dave turned up as we were finishing our food and getting ready to leave. It was so good to see him, but I didn\u2019t have a lot of chat and banter left in me. This would be the last time we\u2019d meet on the ride.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"959\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-16-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Lambourn. The last time we saw Dave. I\u2019m texting my wife to say I didn\u2019t want to go back out in the cold again. (Photos: Ian Biller)\" class=\"wp-image-12024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-16-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-16-300x112.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-16-1024x383.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-16-768x288.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-16-1536x575.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-16-2048x767.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-16-700x262.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lambourn. The last time we saw Dave. I\u2019m texting my wife to say I didn\u2019t want to go back out in the cold again. (Photos: Ian Biller)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1179\" height=\"883\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-17.jpeg\" alt=\"I really didn\u2019t want to go out again. But I knew I would. Having come this far, I couldn\u2019t abandon the ride now.\" class=\"wp-image-12026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-17.jpeg 1179w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-17-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-17-1024x767.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-17-768x575.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-17-700x524.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1179px) 100vw, 1179px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I <em>really<\/em> didn\u2019t want to go out again. But I knew I would. Having come this far, I couldn\u2019t abandon the ride now.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On a ride like this you get to see the same people, sometimes passing them or having them pass you if one of you is faster but spends more time at the controls. In my head I\u2019d started recognising \u2018Great Britain Lady\u2019 (who was wearing a white \u2018Great Britain\u2019 cycling top) and \u2018Long White-Haired Guy and his Black-Coated Female Friend\u2019. At this control it amused me that someone else started talking about \u2018Great Britain Lady\u2019 out loud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hot drinks caught up with me on our way to Henley-on-Thames. I wasn\u2019t alone; two of our group stopped for a wee which I only noticed when they later overtook me, surprising me as I thought they were in front. Our next destination was a petrol station in Henley where we had to pick up a receipt, but I wasn\u2019t sure whether there would be a toilet. Finding a convenient gate next to a field where I could park my bike, I made a sudden decision to stop. I did what I needed to do, got bitten a couple of times in the legs and then tried to set off again. It was here that I learned how much I rely on visual feedback when I clip into my pedals. I tried a few times and failed, so eventually had to point one of my front lights towards the floor so I could see what I was doing. I was now on my own, but not for long; in another act of kindness, I found Ian waiting for me at a junction a few hundred metres up the road. Little things like this mean so, so much when you\u2019re cold and tired. I was feeling quite emotional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The petrol station at Henley was a bizarrely happy memory. We queued to use the Starbucks self-serve coffee machine. I grabbed myself a hot chocolate and a Cadbury\u2019s Boost, remembering to ask for a receipt and wondering how many Audax riders fail because they forget the receipt part. It was 1:15am and we were sitting around in a petrol station with a bunch of knackered strangers who were also on the same crazy quest. As I queued to use the toilet \u2014 they had one, after all \u2014 another rider said to me, \u201cYou\u2019re not doing okay, are you?\u201d I told him that I hadn\u2019t packed enough warm clothes and was freezing cold. He said \u201ccome here\u201d, put his arms around me and gave me a warm hug for about five minutes, with his wife \u2014 a fellow rider \u2014 standing beside us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were now only 32km from the \u2018arrivee\u2019, our final control back at the start. This was half the distance of a usual Saturday morning club ride. Despite being cold, I <em>knew<\/em> I could do it.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-18-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"1:15am in a petrol station in Henley.\" class=\"wp-image-12027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-18-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-18-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-18-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-18-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-18-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-18-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-18-700x525.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1:15am in a petrol station in Henley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We got ready to set off, but just as we were about to go I saw that the LED indicators on my lights had turned red, which meant they were about to run out of charge. I changed the rear one and then faffed around with the front, plugging it into the battery pack. The others could have got annoyed at me, but they didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last stretch of the journey was bizarre. We found ourselves going up a single track road at 2:30am to suddenly hear the surprising shout of \u201ccar back\u201d followed by a reply of \u201creally\u203d\u201d Why were these cars going up such a remote road at this time of night? The climbs were feeling larger than they were, but it wasn\u2019t surprising after more than 400km of riding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We rolled into Chalfont St Peter at 3am, greeted by yet more amazingly chipper volunteers. Once again they let us roll our bikes into the control, which made everything just that little bit easier. I recognised Richard Bragg at the validation table, who made quick work of reviewing and stamping our cards to say that we\u2019d completed the course. We\u2019d done it!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1319\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-19-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"My completed brevet card. Six hours to spare.\" class=\"wp-image-12029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-19-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-19-300x155.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-19-1024x528.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-19-768x396.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-19-1536x791.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-19-2048x1055.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-19-700x361.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My completed brevet card. Six hours to spare.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The volunteers offered us a bowl of pasta and some cherry Bakewell cakes because\u2026why not? I started to think about whether pasta at 3am made any sense, but quickly put the thought out of my mind. Trying to make sense of everything again could start tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My cuddly friend rolled in a few minutes later. As we ate and contemplated what we had done, he kindly offered me his waterproof jacket for my 25km ride back to my house, provided I posted it back to him. I said thanks but no; I thought I\u2019d be able to tackle the route home without too much trouble. How much colder could I get in the space of an hour?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-20.jpeg\" alt=\"All done, ready to head back into the night for the hour ride home.\" class=\"wp-image-12032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-20.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-20-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-20-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-20-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-20-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DraggedImage-20-700x525.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">All done, ready to head back into the night for the hour ride home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ian guided us back to Chesham, and from there we knew the way back to Berkhamsted via the main roads. Climbing out of Chesham to Ashley Green I lost Mary but caught her again at the top. We parted ways as we finally entered Berkhamsted, with the sun coming up. I live on a hill and usually ride up my steep driveway, but I wasn\u2019t going to attempt it today. I found that I couldn\u2019t unclip from my pedal outside my house so had to crawl past it to the top of the hill, unclip and then walk back down. It was 5am, the sun was coming up, and I could see the mist from my breath across the beam of my front light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A shower wasn\u2019t enough to warm me up. I found some pyjamas and got into bed, shivering. Eventually I got to sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week on from the ride, my main feeling is one of gratitude. For Liam FitzPatrick, who had organised a brilliant event, for the volunteers that looked after us at all of the major controls, and for my riding companions who showed so much empathy and care, particularly when I had the \u2018Chepstow dip\u2019. 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