All home. Weather dreadful. Escorted down the A2 by growling Harleys. Scones Cream Strawberry Jam Cakes and then hot bath and your own bed. Wonderful. Tomorrow 70 miles. 12 at the Air Ambulance’s base at Marden and then on to the Olympic site finishing at Stratford International.

Superb welcome home this afternoon as we pedalled through the Christchurch Gate. Thank you to everyone who came out to welcome us back. We have one more day to go tomorrow – up to Stratford via the HQ of the Kent Air Ambulance in Marden. All very weary now but looking forward to the final push.  Hope to give final prod to the fundraising totals. Well over £40,000 raised so far.

More to be reported on tomorow.

On the ferry from Dunkirk to Dover courtesy of DFDS (thanks to them for their support). Quite a few sleeping off the effect of the night before after a teasing 20 mile ride to the ferry port from St Omer in which two of the groups contrived a little race competition. Modesty prevents from saying who won. Offloading in 45 minutes or so at Dover and then spinning back to Canterbury via a stop for coffee which from the unconscious bodies littering the ship’s furniture looks necessary.

And so to Canterbury. 20 odd miles to Dunkirk and then the same the other side. See you in Canterbury Cathedral Precincts at 16.15.