Spain has proven to be tougher than feared and inflicted the first casualties of war early on day 2. After a hostile opening spell from some steep hills outside San Sebastian the team had 20 miles on the board when disaster struck.
On a downhill section Pemberton lost control and skidded into the middle of the road. Gimson, following behind, had no time to react and rode straight into the wreckage of hugh´s bike, catapulting him off and into the road as well. Whilst Hugh managed to survive with only cuts and bruises, Nat was clearly in a lot of pain. After a helpful spanish cyclist stopped and called an ambulance Nat was rushed back to san sebastian where x rays confirmed a broken collar bone and the end of his innings. Despite the spanish doctors refusing to adminsiter painkillers nat dealt with the pain pretty heroically and is flying home this morning... the team are obviously gutted to have lost a member, and mood is low but determined. This afternoon we press on as a 5, more determined to make Casablanca than ever... We hope Nat has a good journey and a swift recovery, and that anyone in Cambridge tries to entertain him over the next few weeks whilst we are away.
We´ll give more details as soon as we can, but for now we have to arrange for Nat´s bike to be shipped home and get ready for this afternoon´s cycling (Ed need´s breakfast).
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