Greetings from Peronne, scene of Tim's famous helmet cracking, shin bleeding and seat-post breaking crash last year... well we managed to enter the town safely today but it's been a long and interesting day... initially we wondered where everyone was and then we found them all! At a market in Therouanne (Bank Hols), the roads into town were closed but we decided to blag our way in through the barriers thinking we'd walk through a small market and quickly be on our way, thus avoiding a major detour - WRONG. One hour later we were still squeezing our way through crowds of thousands of French persons, tous le monde etais la, quite amazing. That left us well behind schedule but with a welcome tail-wind and warm sun above we then flew back the road towards a nice lunch courtesy of Rebecca and then it was onward to Peronne... the final leg was a bit of a struggle at times, Tim went off the road having hit sand, Monty sustained a slow puncture whilst the embolism on my new rear tyre grew larger and large, nearing bursting point. A major repair session then followed on arrival as these issues were addressed and Chris C received a chain repair thanks to Jon. Everyone has ridden really well today, good peloton discipline and team work... now we're all worried about tomorrow, it's the big one all the way down to Ay!a
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