Tour de Sandwich 09/06/'12

[thojj]

Sorry but I am a new member of about 45 minutes standing so short notice of the above.
This was my 1st sportive last year and I enjoyed it so much Im doing it again.
The 100km route is slightly differant from last year but all details can be found on this page:-

http://www.sandwichevents.org.uk/Le-Weekend-sandwich-events.shtml#tour

 

[thojj]

A great day,completing the course twice.Having started the 1st circuit at 3:30 a.m.I was rewarded by it being not so windy as was the case for the main event.Aquiring knowledge from this 1st run it was difficult to even entertain the idea of riding with a group,as it appeared that the majority of the riders decided against following arrows,the route notes or the map provided...
I joined up with various solitary riders at various points and thoroughly enjoyed the day,all be it the wind increasing later in the morning providing a good reason to suggest signs had been blown down and thus the person lost.IMO this wasnt the case but each to there own.An enjoyable ride back from Sandwich to Herne Bay added a few more miles on to the total but by then the shower and food were the ideal carrots to drive me home.