Everybody said they would ride together today but that's not how it ended up. Jill took off very early with Jurgen and Gareth a fair way behind her. This is a bit unfortunate as Jill told us before she left that she wouldn't be going in to look at the Pinnacles. which will put her even further ahead of the other two. Gareth is planning on going in but Jurgen has seen them before so he won't either as he is concerned of the distances already planned for today.
We got to the morning tea stop which was at the road into the Pinnacles and we see Jill just up ahead, so I chase her down, give her some fruit cake and water but she is determined to keep going stating it is too early to stop. She states she is planning on going into Lancerlin and buy herself some lunch. She told me not to worry about her as she had plenty of supplies. Gareth and Jurgen had morning tea together before Gareth rode the extra 12 kms into the pinnacles and Jurgen just went on.
Now we have only three riders but they are spread out for miles down the road. We catch Jill at the 92 km mark (if she had gone into the Pinnacles that is) but she wants to go on another 10 kms as according to her mileage she is only at 80 kms. There was some confusion and we couldn't work out what she was saying because we didn't realise she did not know that todays mileage included the extra 12 kms into the Pinnacles. This confusion was not sorted until the end of the day. Anyway Collis stopped at 97 km mark which was another 5 kms down the road. Still more confusion from Jill and she did not appear happy. She was still stating she was going to ride into Lancerlin so don't worry about her for the refreshment stop.
When she left I went back to tell the boys that there has been a change in the stop for lunch but I missed Jurgen as he was just about there so I just went and told Gareth. There is even a bigger gap between everyone now. The rain started just after lunch and Collis stayed with Gareth while I went ahead to catch Jurgen for the drinks stop. The rain was still pretty steady so Jurgen chose to not stop. Collis arrived and I get a text from Jill stating she had been at Guilderton for 1/2 an hour and wanting to know where we are. I texted her back and said we should be there in about another half hour. The rain had stopped but we decided Collis should go ahead and that I would wait for Gareth. Just as we were arranging this, Gareth turns up and decides he will just rest for a bit but wouldn't need any drinks. So Collis and I went together onto Guilderton. By the time we arrived, Jill and Jurgen were at the cafe having something to eat.
Unfortunately we find that the pub is not open on a Monday or Tuesday and we will have trouble finding anywhere to get a meal. Collis and I are OK but not sure about the riders. They can get a take away meal if they buy before 5.30 pm. Jill and Jurgen aren't very happy with any of this information.
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