Later on Tuesday - After much faffing

Stats for Tuesday:
Distance: 296 miles
Elapsed time: 8h30m
Riding time: 5h26m

Safely ensconced in Cambridge with Jakes and Andrea - who have treated us like visiting royalty! We will be sleeping on bellies filled with good food and wine and with the kindest of undertanding from our hosts that we are on a mission.

The word of the day was "faff" - The weather gods did not shine on us save but for a brief spell of sunshine as we came down the hill into Dover; The rest of the time it simply poured! The faff quotient associated with rain is not to be under-estimated - just stopping for petrol takes an age of doffing and donning, reversed with the discovery that some key item, usually the ignition key, is now two layers futher down that it should be, followed by the whole re-dressing exercise: Faffing! Despite unprecidented faffing, we made it to St Margarets on Cliffe, the first corner, by about 19h00. Signs to the Costguard were pleasantly misleading as the Coastguard turned-out to be a pub! The long drive North to Tillicoultry looms large - time for bed.