L2P24 - Done!

Phew! What an experience

9 stages - 2 shared, 4 more for me, 3 more for Simon. 281 miles covered as a team, at an average speed of 17.4mph. Max Speeds 42.6 - Darren and 38.9 - Simon.

Rode in the front group pretty much all the way - and finished with them just 23hrs and 24mins after leaving Blackheath.

Highlights:

• John Torode (Masterchef) starting us of at Blackheath
• Shooters Hill - hit 42.6mph!
• Eating what felt like pretty much my entire bodyweight in 24 hours!
• Riding with a great group of people
• The Scope / Action Challenge guys and girls - always helpful and supportive
• Mick and The Artel Scaffolding boys - legends!
• The Pink Jerseys - Absolute machines kept the pace up / down / flat - bike monsters!
• Riding a bypass (can't remember the name) between Calais and Norrent - super smooth 2/3 lane highway - we flew!
• Riding in the pitch black - red lights as far as you could see!
• The morning fog - at times could not see a thing except the cyclists around
• Descending for what seemed like forever on one of the night stages
• Racing through the Paris Suburbs to catch up the front group when we had been held up by red lights
• Arriving in Paris and riding across the Arc, and down the Champs
• No Mechanicals / punctures suffered en route
• Shower at the Sports Centre - never has hot water felt so good before!
• Breakfast in the Hotel - slow and leisurely, plenty to eat and great coffee
• Watching Le Tour
• Cav winning on the Champs Elysee(Again!)
• Tabbing to Gare du Nord
• Eurostar Journey
• My bike still being in one piece when it arrived back at the O2!
• Team Roaring Forties doing it together!

Sure there's more but hey. Now what shall we do next...?