It was an early 5.30am start for us today as we caught the early train into London. After waiting about 2 hours to be allowed our bikes onto the trains, we arrived in Croydon. Immediately upon leaving the station, we got lost. We got so lost it probably took us about an hour and a half to actually get out! Two successive giant hills probably had a lot to do with this, the latter of which made Amy cry.
Our first moment of excitement was a bit of an odd one..cycling over the M25. It was something of a landmark meaning we were finally out of London! The second moment was realising we were finally in Sussex!
However cycling through sussex proved to be a rather trying experience. We constantly seemed to be going uphill and these hills were either pretty steep or stupidly long-although the majority of them seemed to be both! We seemed continually faced with hills that we'd never experienced before! Eventually we rolled (up a hill) into Lewes and then a long windy road down into Newhaven.
We're currently on the ferry looking forward to a very early 5amish start! Yay! There are lots of other cyclists on the ferry with us..majority of whom seem to be heading to paris. Some are doing it over a few days like us but a few are attempting to do the whole trip in 24hrs!
Just shows how popular a trip it is becoming!
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