Well I did two days riding after two days off.

Day 1 5 hours 44 mins, spread out over the day with a long gap in the middle

Day 2 6 hours 4 minutes, mostly short breaks all day.

My hands are not great, but not as bad as they were. I think the problem was the really rough day about 2 weeks ago. I spent 7 1/2 hours riding, mostly on very rough roads with an average of 12.1 kmph. There were about 4 hours of that that were downhill on roads so rough that two bolts rattled loose, and I broke the band that holds my waterbottle in.

I will have tomorrow off, then start a 4 day slog across the desert to Kashgar where I will have more than a week off.

Thanks for all your help

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