Hampered!

Location:	Barranca, Peru
Mileage:	13,250

It is a frustrating day and we only manage 400 miles. We are hampered by the fact that we need to ensure each night we can find a place to stay. We dont carry camping equipment or food and so we have no choice but to find a small hotel or hospadaje. It is times like this when having a support vehicle would make your choices so much easier.

Although we can ride further, the next stop after Barranca is Lima and we do not want to arrive there in the dark, without a map and looking for a place to stay. We decide to get an early night here and be ready for a big day tomorrow.

This ride is so different to the Around the World Record. Steady pace is critical and the maxim of "stop to go further" is one that we hold by. It would be too easy to burn out too quickly or just ride and ride without thinking where to stop. In the Central and South American countries, where facilities can be few, you have to plan. If you dont, then you could end up somewhere shitty, with a bad nights rest and wipe out the next day.

You get to a point that you have come so far that the strategy becomes ensuring that you do not make errors and get too tired - especially when we are well on target to take ten days off the record.