Here's the first team bus we came across on the way to Hawarden. The motto speaks for itself. You can tell its early in the week. These people haven't quite learned how to form a line yet. We were there as some of the first riders dipped their wheel.
More people begin to arrive in the afternoon.
By mid-afternoon, quite a throng begins to assemble for the dipping ritual. We expect that even now at midnight as we upload this there is still quite a few riders down at the river. Chris is the cute one in the white shirt. Our hosts from Hawarden. We're up in 5 hours to start the adventure.