Spike Covered in Frost

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Murder and Mayhem on the Road to Phoenix.

Rose about 5.00 am to find bike and tent covered in thick frost, -5 deg. Ugg. Left about 7.00 am as we had. 73.1 miles to cover today. Took about 4 miles for frost to clear from bike. Cruising along and suddenly puncture in back tyre. Still the sun was out, a good broad hard shoulder so quickly got back wheel off. The culprit was two large pieces of wire from shredded truck wheels. Truck wheels have wire mesh embedded in them and when they burst they explde everywhere. A cyclists nightmare. Dan caught me up and just took over. You know what, I had the courtesy to let him. Then the support van came along but by that time we were sorted. Now I am up on the 'flat' list. Reached the outskirts of Phoenix only to find our route blocked by the Police as a body had been found in the canal alongside our bike path. A tv crew were there and the presenter Steve Ryan was interested in our trip. I asked him ' are you famous' and his cameraman said ' he likes to think he is'. Lol. Had a nightmare of a time negotiating Phoenix, over 30 miles, kept getting lost. Had a chat with Postman Kieran, big broad hat, very friendly. Eventually made motel but I felt really strong and could have gone on. Put tent etc out in the sun to dry. Did laundry so all clean now. Will try and upload photo of bike covered in frost. Day of tomorrow, Wednesday. Still loving it...just saying...

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