Three ruckers departed Jack Browns at the stroke of 6:30 with the intention of covering 8.2 miles for the 82nd anniversary of D-Day. According to the dozen or so deer seen in the first four miles, there was a significant amount of hills and steep elevation as we repeatedly dropped down to the bottom and climbed out.
We hit all the favorites:
- Both forks in the snake’s tongue of Tempsford and Kennondale
- Wilton, Paxton, and Amphill
- West Hillcrest and the long grind up Charmian
As we entered Windsor Farms, the ambiguous street signs on Sulgrave caused us to take a wrong turn at St Mere Eglise and tack on extra miles – coming a few doors down from Hitchhiker’s place.
The sunset as we reached Dover and headed west was spectacular as we powered through the final miles. In all, we covered 8.9 miles or so.
Moleskin: The bouncer at Jack Brown’s searched our rucks – as confusion in discovering cinder blocks gave way to respect that we had just finished almost 9 miles. Beer and burger has never tasted better!