New boots and footie

The first part of the ride, 52 miles up to London took about 40 minutes, on motorway. The last 13 to FWR took over an hour.

Traffic gridlocked whilst bus lanes and cycle lanes were hardly in use. Millions of pounds of empty tarmac.

I had factored in an hour and a half from arrival to pay and leave. Instead there was hardly a queue, and I was out in 45 mins!

It was just 1555 when I messaged Claire to say I was away.

With 2h 45h before kickoff I set TomTom for Ace Café. Never got there. After a congested trip over Waterloo Bridge and God knows where I aborted and went back to the Brentford route. 

Fuel near the ground was 50.9 mpg. Not bad considering the traffic and the fastish run up.

Once parked I got my ticket and was in the ground a little after six ..

As I write it's still 51 minutes to kickoff!

Maybe another coffee or add in a pee?