Saturday 22 June 2013

Race-the-sun write-up Part 3 - Setting off

The only trouble with long days... Short nights.
After a pleasant afternoon with sister Gwyn, fitting up a security camera, being fed (copiously), and catching up on the family gossip, I got an early-ish night and was up and away a little after three.

After a glorious ride across the rolling Norfolk countryside (yes, it does roll; don't believe that Noel Coward twaddle about it being very flat), I arrived at Ness Point, Lowestoft, to find myself very far from alone.

There were photographers aplenty, lining up their lenses to capture the moment...

... a couple of fellow middle-aged bikers also setting off to do the run to St David's...

... and even a sun-worshipping setter, keenly anticipating the dawn.

As it happened, nobody saw the sun rise for the clouds.
Oulton Broad here, where the North Sea meets the Norfolk Broads, looked positively moody about it all in the morning grey.

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