Well that went reasonably well. The first 100 mile ride to confirm I have it in my legs. Not the fastest in the world at 8.5 hours with short break for lunch but I completed it and felt I had something left in the legs were it required. Next step will be a 200 mile ride to the New Forest, then Cheddar and back to Malmesbury at the beginning of May. This will help me to see how 3 days back to back with 70 mile rides feels like. It will also enable me to pack all the stuff I think I need for the ride and see how that impacts on the weight of the bike.

This will also be an opportunity to try plan "B" for the blog. As mentioned earlier the EEEPC whilst a nice little machine at a very good price has an absolutely atrocious wireless client. I have therefore decided to do it from the mobile. The up side of this plan is that I can combine the camera and wireless functionality in the phone and reduce the number of gadgets (and chargers) I need to carry. It will also reduce the weight by abot 2Kg.