Another training run this morning. Paul, Paul, Alan and Adrian all got the train to Hungerford where Neil met them at 0720 (despite the fact that they all tried to get off at Kintbury!) We all then set off for Pewsey.
Quite an uneventful ride there - a welcome break for a doughnut just after the Bruce Tunnel (although Al had tried to fill himself up on insects), and we arrived at Pewsey Wharf bang on 0900, just as we'd planned. Paul R had spotted a bakery in Pewsey proper, so we decamped down the hill for coffee, bacon rolls, breakfast pasties, Wiltshire pasties etc.
Back up the hill to the canal - a little too fast for Al, whose knee then complained for the rest of the journey. We seem to be having a spate of knee problems on this event! We got back to Hungerford about two hours after leaving Pewsey, with a couple of pit stops en route, so that was a good pace.
Again, the towpath is pretty poor for this section. Suspension on the bikes helps - but only four of the five of us had this!
It's now just under four weeks to the big ride. It is certainly going to be difficult, as the towpath between Devizes and Newbury is unremittingly poor.
At lock 61 opposite Crofton Pumping Station. The towpath is pretty much like this between Devizes and Newbury. 
Alan (front), Paul, Paul and Neil just below the Bruce Tunnel, which will be the highest point on our ride and more-or-less halfway along the route.
At Great Bedwyn there's a welcome bit of smooth surface!
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