There was more rain last night but this morning dawned fine and warm. Breakfast was the usual scrum. It is amazing that some places are not ready for a swarm of 25 hungry bodies in the morning. Some of the later cyclists missed out on the cereal. Never mind. We packed and left at 7 ish. Going through town as a reasonably large group was a tad chaotic and the red lights soon split us up. The wind was semi favourable.
It turns out that Chris, the rider who crashed, has a cracked vertebrae and thus is unable to continue the ride. We were all given the be careful out there talk again last night. It was in no way Chris's fault a woman failed to yield.
We rode alongside the Erie canal most of today. There is a series of locks along this. The first SAG was near the highest one. We had no view of this. The ride after lunch was quite nice with a couple of climbs and then gentle downhill.
The total distance today was 119 miles in 6:15.
I wonder if they have enough cash in there for me?
A welcome from the Hotel.
As Mike and Steve said this place is run down/dump. It used to be a bustling textile industry town by the river now it's really slowing dying.
2 days of riding to go with tomorrows another of the big climbing days as we go over the Appalachians.
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