
Leaving Daventry, now heading south Andy told us to press on as he was struggling with the pace and somewhere along this next stretch we were joined by Jon Banks from Bath section CTC who was also riding his first 300. For the remainder of the ride we rode as a trio and the closer we got to the finish the more excited the other 2 became as they neared completion of their first time at this distance. It was impossible not to feed off this energy and after one last stop near Woodstock at 250km we then rode quite fast into the fading light through Witney and Brize Norton to the finish.

307km (190 miles) in 15 hours and I’m asking myself could I ride another 100km at this moment in time, and yes I’m quite confident I could and will be doing so next Saturday in Wales.