I've tried the organised Centuries in Norfolk and Suffolk, I really have. I was led to understand that the buzz of lots of cyclists would add sparkle to the day, that other people chatting to you as you ride would help the miles whizz by and that a mutually congratulatory beer with other finishers would add to that sense of achievement. I'm not a curmudgeonly chap. I like dinner parties, chatting to folk at Kentwell Hall reenactments, helping children make LEGO models at the Radar Museum, and I absolutely love flirting while shopping, but there's something gloriously freeing about solitary cycling. I can't explain it if you don't get it. Other cyclists just detract from the simple joy of silently gliding through country lanes or dodging traffic in towns.
That's why I've chosen to go solo! I shall be meeting quite a few Faith (and No Faith) communities, I'm meeting up with my Kentwell apprentice at Julian's shrine, a few Zen Buddhists may accompany me on the ride out of Norwich and a couple of friends have generously given me a bed for the night in Dersingham. I don't think I'll be lonely!
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