When I started writing my blog weeks before setting off I thought at night I would be writing loads but in reality it is very routine now we are into Day 9 but strangely some 1st's occurred today.
Today the forecast was for heavy rain before 9am so I delayed my set off till then but I still set off for 1st time in rain today.
I was surprised at how comfortable i felt in the rain for the 1st 10 miles which I surprising did in an hour along mainlya dirt track but in the next hour this track become real mountain bike territory and this is where my 1st real fall off bike occurred as wheel stuck in mud and I just about managed to stand up as bike fell between my legs. Am sure walkers behind me had wee chuckle at me
So how do I feel? actually surprising good I don't look forward to getting into saddle in morning but I know once on I feel strong. I do tire during cycle but my heart failure means I get it even if not on bike so I basically just ride through it. I am not symptomatic in any way currently which again surprises me but of course I need to be careful. I feel my heart device has adapted to this routine in way I thought it would.
This really held me up as the next hour I only covered 5 miles, the rain was heavier but I reached road & Tarmac paths by 3rd hour and I began to catch up, the sun briefly came out through Wigan.
It is here I saw the strangest barriers ever and I have to admit I struggled to fit through.
Then I came across my 1st level crossing with mind fully focussed on the advert of cyclist not paying attention so was like a 5 year old crossing looking left/right dramatically.
So onto Runcorn to meet guys at 40 mile point, got changed and refuelled before setting off feeling good for last 17 miles to Chester, Now this was not the 1st time I have got lost but it was the 1st time the road no longer existed & Google maps basically wouldn't offer any alternatives while draining my battery as I drive up & down various roads. Eventually an old man told me to cycle that road and stay on it & thankfully it worked adding 4 miles to my journey & totally draining my phone battery.
The guys were already in Chester so it was basically back to old fashioned reading road signs for last 10 miles and surprised myself by actually not getting lost and made Chester actually quite easily.
I take nothing for granted and hopefully I can see this week out without any symptoms but as all of us patients know we can't really be sure day to day but today was another good day.
Time for sleep
John
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