35 miles with a lunch stop didn't seem to be much of a day. But it was. The ascents and descents were steeper, and one of the fit young ones had a front tyre blowout on descent. His helmet protected him from worse, but he'll probably have had sutures over his eye. His padded protection ripped on his left side where he landed in an instant. His bike flew against the wall. A farmhouse couple 100metres downhill heard the noise and brought first aid up the hill. The tour back up van picked him up, and his two friends were driving him home later. His inner tube had a 6 inch rip in it, possibly due to the heat of braking on a hotter day.
We were all more reluctant on descents, and walked our bikes down thw steeper ones as the wind whipped up. The snow melt was being blown uphill! I also got off and walked up a few of the tougher ones, when walking was as fast as cycling. So i got back to the hotel at 1400hours and arrived home at 1730.
The family seemed glad to see me! Back to work tomorrow on the bike.
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