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Date Posted: 10:16:38 05/02/06 Tue
Author: daniel mathison
Subject: Re: nerves ?
In reply to: Allan 's message, "Re: nerves ?" on 05:24:05 05/02/06 Tue

>>>Any one else getting nervous about this ride or is it
>>>just me ?
>>
>>Nerves no, but I wish I had done some more training
>>and had eaten less cake. I am keeping an eye on the
>>weather though. It's not like an ordinary Sunday ride
>>where you can decide to keep it short because the
>>weather is bad. Looks like it could be warm, but
>>breezy (Sat forecast is dry, 16c with a 20 mph
>>easterly). As much as you can trust weather forecasts
>>in Cumbria - it's a long way from London and does have
>>local weather effects.
>
>Last Thursday/Friday 4 of us rode the course (nice and
>slowly - stopped overnight at the foot of Whinlatter)
>Weather was absolutely perfect, so I'm expecting
>abyssmal weather on Sunday - anything else will be a
>bonus.
>Rode it more to test the tandem out than anything.
>Thankfully that seemed fine, so we'll be looking for
>another excuse - though Hardknott on a tandem is a
>bas**rd and Hardknott on a tandem with 100 miles in
>your legs will be a ******* bas**rd. Bad weather could
>make this ride even more of an epic than it already is.
>Nervous? Oh yes.
>
>Allan.

Thanks guys you have made me feel 10 times better ....not !

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Replies:

Re: nerves ? -- Allan, 14:21:23 05/02/06 Tue
- Re: nerves ? -- I like pies, 04:39:46 05/04/06 Thu
  - Re: nerves ? -- Andy Cole, 07:51:29 05/04/06 Thu