Planning my first longer road ride.

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spent a few hours messing about with OS online, viewranger, and google maps street view, to work out how to do deal with busy junctions etc

Plotted a route with viewranger, mostly B roads, and follows national cycle routes #4 and #246 for a time.

Length: 135.32 miles
Total Ascent: 4384 feet
Total Descent: 4375 feet
Max Elevation: 924 feet
Min Elevation: 49 feet

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managed 72 miles today, I now think maybe I can do this - cos if I set off at dawn, I should be past the half way point in the morning, then I can just take as long as it takes for the rest of it

ordered slime filled tubes, and schwabe marathon tyres - had a puncture yesterday, change tyre twice, first time I somehow got a flat changing it, used my second spare and so ran out of tubes, had to swing past Halfords for a spare before I set out on todays ride

wish I'd tried the sticky patch now, couldve done that without taking the tyre off

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Made it

Only 130 miles in the end, but over 6,000ft of elevation