Our foreign correspondent, Jason Miles, has telegraphed this report in from the sanctuary of a Scottish-theme hotel high in the mountains of Sri Lanka…
“Today was a good day. My stomach has started to behave itself despite me tearing into more curry last night and my legs seem to be coping quite well too.
Even though the stage started with a big climb (‘big’ as in ‘up a bloody mountain again’) and we were riding inches from a 30 foot drop in 70mph gusting winds, it turned out to be the most enjoyable stage so far because once at the top I shared the rest of the stage with the current 4th placed rider, Albert – a Dutch chap from Japan.
More tea plantations were ridden through, Albert has a scary near-crash with a tea plantation worker who fell backwards into a bush and we’ve all now arrived at a lovely Highland-themed hotel in Nuwara Elia. It’s quite cold and misty here, which is rather agreeable. Nothing on the telly though, unless you like Bollywood dancing stuff.
Toodle pip, more after tomorrow’s final stage which includes a 20km descent on a road, with traffic.”
There’ll be a full report in an upcoming issue of Singletrack Magazine. In the meantime, you can find out more details here: theyakattack.com/rumbleinthejungle