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    1 LAP OF THE ISLAND

    Oct 22, 2020 5 minutes
    Photos Daniel Gould, Getty

    Cold beer and sun loungers are likely to rank quite a lot higher than howling gales and days of incessant rain in the memories of many Brits during a locked down summer that broke records for good weather left, right and centre.

    But spare a thought for Hugh Roberts, owner and founder of Tour of Britain organiser Sweetspot and his old friend Robin Young – who set out to cycle the entire coast of Britain on Sweetspot’s Great Tour charity ride, and returned with tales of lashing rain, battering winds, and unused sun cream. And that’s before we get to the broken bones.

    Departing from the Isle of Wight at the beginning of July after months of great weather down south, Roberts and Young could reasonably be optimistic about the weather. Sweetspot hopes the event will become a fixture of the charity

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