It was a repair-free day in the bike for life camp.
No one suffered a puncture or any problem at all with their bike which was a pleasant feeling.
The problems faced were related to our own components. Specifically our knees. Myself, George and James were all suffering so combined with Tom we were the later group setting off from the campsite.
Ed and Louis set of first. Setting the standard with Bustard, Alex, Phil and Simon following soon after as a foursome.
After a stop in Westbury for Tom to relieve himself before soiling the cycling shorts I had lent him due to a washing machine/human error with his own shorts. As well as screwing over his own shorts we also managed to ruin half the teams gear, confusing rinse and spin with spin. After Tom lost a couple of pounds I headed to the chemists to pick up a knee support and we headed out at an indifferent pace towards Shaftesbury were we stopped for lunch.
After being revitalised by Tom Hext's advice the pace after Shaftesbury was good and we made it to the campsite via some nice scenery until Tom had a fight with a wasp and lost. We were flying down a hill and with his shirt slightly unzipped a wasp fancied a bit of Tom's chest. And no man points for screaming like a girl.
Meanwhile, Simon was shouted at for asking to put his rubbish in a mans bin. I suppose that is better than littering so I don't see what the mans problem was and I'm sure that Phil wouldn't approve of littering.
After all meeting at the campsite some of the guys took an icey cool dip in the pool. And we revitalised and we all headed to Poole down the road for fish and chips, bar Tom and Louis.
After waiting a very long time for fish and chips Bustard decided to out wit a seagull by putting a fork in a chip. Don't worry, we have reported to him to the RSPCA.
We then proceeded to have a couple of chilled beers and headed back to the campsite. Sore knees and all.
Bike for life out.
Day 4 Stats
Distance - 49 miles
Time on the saddle - 4 hrs 33 mins
Saddle soreness - 4 out of 10
Knee soreness - 6 out of 10
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