Hi, Once I created this blog and the idea was fresh in my mind I checked the weather and decided to do the ride last Friday (7th April) just to see if I could. :-) It was bloody hard. I almost gave up at Rhyl, but after a dose of painkillers I carried on and I'm so glad I did. The ride in June is still on, My ride on Friday was more to see if I could navigate from memory and put the easy bits from my last 2 rides together so that there was no walking along rocky beaches, riding round llandudno that I have done the last couple of times I have attempted this. I'm happy to say that I'm confident that I now have the route sorted, no strange off road sections, or silly detours. Its a hard ride, a long way. I passed a few other cyclists on the day and from the Strava flybys nobody else went as far as I did on that day. I managed to chop over 1 1/2 hours off my personal best time (I've only done the ride twice before) but with a moving average speed of well over 13mph I'm pretty happy. If you want to take part in June then I'm happy to take longer, It's not a race. but it's hard and a long way. If you haven't ridden a bike for a few years this isn't for you. :-) Axe (I'm pretty sure nobody is reading this :-) )

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