Some final thoughts

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So as the train takes us back from Inverness to London, here are some final thoughts and learnings for anyone else silly enough to try this......

If it says it's an A road on the map, but it looks like a motorway and smells like a motorway then it probably is a motorway and if you choose to ride on it, it will probably kill you.

You get to learn that a lot of it's about nutrition, your body is a machine which needs the right fuel. A delicate blend of scotch and fish and chips is not the right fuel.

Spend enough money on equipment, particularly bikes, for the record the Trek and the Le Monde were more robust than the Giant but whatever you use, ensure they are really well maintained by people who really know what they are doing - thanks Neal and Craig at Trailjunkies.

Get Ms Wooding to sort out aches and pains as early possible. Her support was fantastic and included sending us a new set of ankle strapping instructions in the middle of the night ready for application the following morning.

Do enough training and not only will you make it, you might even enjoy it, we did some 2,500 training miles over the last five months.

Travel light but not quite as light as Graham who was mildly embarrassing to be seen with of an evening.