Hope! And feeling grateful!

The next couple of hours on the journey to the Newhaven ferry were hilly and difficult as it was dark, raining and there was quite a headwind.

We’d made it to the top of a hill then sped down through a small collection of houses and as the road turned to the left I hit a pothole hard! Bang… Thankfully just my SIS water bottle jumping out and bouncing off into the darkness. We were doing about 25 miles an hour so I was not stopping to go get it!

I soon ran out of water and knew I needed more to get me to the ferry,  so I stopped at a small cottage and chapped on the door but there was no reply… Just as I was giving up, headlights came along the road and another support van pulled up with new people.  They asked how we were getting on and gave me a water top up, a banana and gave my friend a hot dog! I was starting to enjoy the journey and they kindly followed us all the way to the Port lighting our route with their headlights! We were going to make the ferry and with about an hour to spare!