Ed’s been out braving an expensive camera in the rain
Here’s his blog, plus a link to photos here
Many riders running with broken bikes and flat tyres, sprinting down the slope to find their helpers, huddled against the wind with a pile of spare wheels for their rider and a flask of hot tea to keep them alive.
If that sounds hard, then this year added in horizontal rain and a fierce side wind in which it was hard to stand upright…
Comments by Dave Haygarth
Penyghent route change for 2017
"The new flags are on the unrideable part on the summit. I..."