Dave reveals all

My bike was quite heavy. I had a Left hand side Ortlieb pannier with all my clothes in it. I had a small bag on top of the rack with bike repair equipment in it. I had an Ortlieb bar bag with my camera, purse, 2Motorola slugs and other small items. I had a Road Angel 7000 Satnav with the route loaded on to the Road Map of GB (to save memory as opposed to OS maps). I only used this when things were difficult. I had printed OS maps of the route from Memory Map for each day.


I have a Cannondale Tourer, which hardly missed a beat. The gears were spot on except for one day, when they skipped a couple of times and I thought that I might have to adjust the cable, but it turned out that the chain just needed lube. I lubed the rear brake cable one day as well. I had fitted new Schwalbe tyres which just don't pucture.