Cambridge - Leeds

Here is the route. I will start on Sunday and arrive on Wednesday, hopefully! Four days is a long time for this relatively short distance, but I expect some sound headwind... and some rain, of course. Most ominous weather forecast since I've begun touring.
I will probably blog on my Kindle, which means that it will be terse, stern and sadly pictureless at first. But I will add pictures later, I promise.
 

Checklist:

- 2 spare inner tubes
- spanner
- pliers
- plastic tire levers (not steel ones, they damage the rims)
- good air-pump (they really vary in quality)
- one brake cable
- one derailleur cable
- oil+rag
- a compass in case the sun is hidden (cf weather forecast...)
- some maps in case the compass is not enough
- no GPS (that's cheating)
- no gun (that's cheating)
- camera
- MP3+headphones
- Kindle 3G
- some clothes, duvet, soap, etc.
- oatcakes, milk-chocolate digestives, bananas
- money to buy more oatcakes, etc
- some whisky in case it's very cold and rainy and hilly
- water in case there's no whisky left
- a touring bike (slightly heavy, yes, but tough) and two snobbish Ortlieb satchels
- a lock (preferably with two keys, the spare one if of no use in a drawer when you're touring)
- a pen and some paper for the conference