Wow. What a day. Utter exhaustion mixed with elation. We did it. We knew today would be hard: 106 miles and the hilliest day of the trip. But what made it so hard was the head wind which we've had constantly for 5 days and today was strong. Add to that rain for the last 3 hours meant we were wasted but deleriously happy when we passed the sign for Hoxter
Can't believe we've done 12 days. Today we passed the old border from east to west Germany, now only marked by this sign
Best bit of the day was reaching this forest summit near the end which was followed by a 5 mile descent at 35mph.
Awesome and worth the frozen face and fingers. (PS my crotchisn'tk on fire - its my headlight!) Ben did so well again as he lived up to his name: the Vom-cano! I've been called The Camel due to my rather long toilet stops! Jim is simply The Animal - coz he is. And Tom is Captain Calamity. Need I say more?
Now only 3 days to the UK where we're hoping and praying for massive media interest and national impact. Think it's gonna be manic.
At dinner tonight Helen and Ed, our tour guides from DA, told us it was only 86 miles tomorrow and Team Zoe gave a huge collective sigh of relief! Still a head wind forecast tho! This team is absolutely awesome. Incredible bunch of guys. Night.
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Come on Gav!!!!!!!!!
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