4 Counties 150k Audax

I went on the Herts Wheelers 150k audax yesterday which took in 4 counties - Herts, Beds, Cambridgeshire and Essex. It was a warm, sunny but windy day so I set off with the factor 30 on. I rode as part of a group of 5 club members (Peter, Jason, Brian, Alex and me), and was doing ok for the first bit, although I was feeling it after not having ridden for two weeks since Paris. As usual, come the half way point, no one really wanted to eat much, but we did stop a little while later to buy sandwiches from a shell garage. So by 70 miles I was in trouble finding it hard to keep up with the fast pace of the group. I was nursed into the 80 mile control, where I got a drink and had a snack. The others raced off, and I rode in the last 15 miles at my own pace, coming in at 5:30 pm and then having a celebratory lager in the Greyhound pub afterwards.