Day 36- Ellington to Farmington

Worst. Day. Yet. The weather was great, overcast and cool. We didn't
have too many steep climbs in our way, and arrived in Farmington very
early in the afternoon. But the big problem: dogs. Seriously, I'm so
glad the guys are here for physical and mental support, if I was by
myself I'd be close to breaking point or giving up!! So the first
encounter we had was with two dogs that didn't seem too aggressive,
and backed off when we stopped. A few miles on, we were riding down a
hill, Mike was a few hundred metres ahead and the dogs didn't get to
him. But they were ready for attack when I passed by, the whole six-
pack came chasing after me. They came out of nowhere and I was going
fast so all I could do was to keep going and shout at them to f**k
off. That was really all I could take for one day, but we had another
attack. Mike was riding close by, and we saw the two dogs coming out
of a property, so we slowed down and shouted at them. Didn't work
though, they kept chasing and the smaller one bit my pannier!! I still
can't believe it did, so far I've been telling myself that they only
chase because that's what dogs do. Seems biting is also a thing they
like to do. Anyways, after that we stopped and I used my Dazer, they
ran away after that. We'll try to ride close together from now on, and
unless we're going really fast, it seems stopping is the best way to
deal with them. Fingers crossed!