The summary so far, three days in.

Numerous bruises and blisters, a badly sprained ankle, a broken rib, a rider arrested, a bike over the edge and bad dose of foul smelling fungus; apart from that everything is running smoothly!

Not as bad as it sounds, the rider got lost and went through a pedestrian zone, the broken rib is soldering on, the bruising will go down and the recovered bike is back on the road. As for fungus the bogey man - I'm sure his mother still loves him.

Tonight we are 'camping', although the tents have electricity, running water and even toilets! Later we will sing rousing songs around the campfire and compare our scars. I've heard the songs are very colourful.