Greetings from a lovely Andover. I hope you've all had a similarly warm and sunny day, because to be honest it's been delightful here.
I think today was my most punctual set off of the whole journey, the 9am target was actually met-ish.
So from Camberley I went south, through lots of places I've never heard of, Frimley, Farnham, Farnborough etc to reach Alton. Despite it's name there was a worrying lack of roller coasters, which makes me very glad I've never spent my money on visiting before! I found Peter Charles box easily enough and spent a fair while waiting for a passersby to take my photo, but it happened...
What followed was an absolute delight. Through the South Downs, although there were some Ups, was a lovely ride. A few undulations but in the sunshine I was actually (for the first time this month) warm.
I made fantastic time down to Hamble to reach Dani King's postbox, completing the Women's Team Pursuit team and was also greeted by a Twitter fan @SpudPR which really makes my efforts worthwhile. While at the box we also met some holiday makers who donated their change and posed in the picture with me...
Annoyingly, but logistically my next step was retracing my path back to Botely before riding into Winchester and meeting 2 Steve's from the Andover Wheelers, @SteveDance18 and @MrStevethechef who guided me to town.
This evening I warmed up, had a couple of 'stubbies' before popping to the local for a swift half (2 pints). We're now back on the Lady Clark - who gave Steve-the-chef time off and a donation - Estate waiting for what smells like a devine roast chicken dinner with an incredible looking apple pie with ginger ice cream for dessert. I could very soon be in a food coma, but rest assured I will be on my way again first thing tomorrow!
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