We left at 0830 and headed to Portobello and on to Tranent where we said our goodbyes to Mike and headed to Gifford.
Just passed the village Phil became the first rider on the 3.30 at Haydock to fall at the first fence doing 2mph while he tried to select the rights gears going up a hill. He fell to the right which is not good but we all thought he was practicing for France.
Another steep hill followed which was a 17% climb – horrendous. In fact it turned out to be the steepest incline of the whole journey to MC - we just didn't know it at the time.
We met 2 other cyclists heading in the opposite direction shouting 'Lands End that way' (pointing in the opposite direction) but I responded by saying ' Monte Carlo that way' where they had perplexed looks of wtf.
Lunch at Duns and we sat outside the Borders Bagutte who kindly donated money to the charity which was excellent.
Panninies and drinks consumed we headed off towards Wooler with Phil energised, in fact so much so that he took us 4 miles on the wrong direction! I think he was using a ship satnav – direct route to North Sea.
Soon we were back on the road and with Alan getting to grips with the satnav with a 6 mile detour weeventually made Wooler at 5pm
A massive thank you to the Tankerville hotel and a chap called Norman kindly donated money to the charity. Thank you from the team!
90 miles in and Day 1 over
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