19 APRIL - THE REST DAY

It was good to hear from David Jones that he was about yesterday doing a 50 miler with sticking gears. It is funny but my bike has a similar problem despite lubrication. I intend to do no cycling today but have managed to gain another £20 in sponsorship. I also had an interesting chat at lunchtime with Dr Bill Crawley of Team Pilgrims (he rides a Bianchi so is seriously good)who set me straight on food intake - gel bars - and drinking. Apparently I also need to go uphill in low gear from an earlier time on the climb - it might not be pretty (legs going round very fast) but it will enable me to get to the top!