The week has not been without incident though. Sod's law prevailed and I awoke on Monday morning with a stuffed up nose and sore throat. I'm not sure whether it's a touch of hay fever or a cold but although it's got a little better I'm still not 100% and I'm popping pills in an effort to cure whatever it is before we kick off tomorrow.
The journey down went smoothly and after a quick breakfast in "the Village" Mark left me to my own devices. The bike and bike box is looked in a store room and I've been for a wander around Grenwich Park, done the tourist thing and visited the observatory.
After watching the cycling on the TV I grabbed a quick siesta and then went and found the DA staff and signed in, picked up my baggage labels then headed into town. After a short walk around and nearly passing out at the house prices in the local estate agent I grabbed a pizza and headed back to the hotel.
I'm glad I signed in early as the reception was somewhat chaotic with cyclists arriving from all directions when I got back. All the DA staff are here now but I don't recognise any from our last trip.
Tomorrows start is early, a 5:15 am wake up, breakfast at 5:30 and then at 6:15 we muster outside the hotel ready for a briefing and a 7am depart. The weather looks ok, sunny spells but a chilly tail wind so I guess I'll wrap up to start with and peel off if I get too warm. We are booked onto the 6:30pm ferry at Dover and it's down to us to feed ourselves whilst we cross the channel. With the loss of the hour as we enter France it will be about 10pm by the time we get to the hotel in Calais so I'll try and get the blog done on the ferry.
I might sneak down for a cheeky pint later and see if I can meet up with any of the Facebookers and then grab an early night.
Onwards and upwards!!
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