Sunday 8th November and the forecasters are hedging their bets; it's either going to be wet or dry but the wind will be light and it'll be around 10 deg C.
So it's out at 8am, go past the County Officers to see where the windshields should be and then head for the lanes. The weather soon shows its hand with very light, misty rain appearing now and then, and I am keeping the pace down so as not to get wet from the inside. 30 miles up by 10am and 50 up at Audlem - and then the rain ups it a bit so on with the proofs. Clear by Market Drayton (it always works) so proofs off again and head into Audlem for lunch at 12:45. It took all day to get served last time at The Priest's House so this time I tried The Coffee Lounge - no seats but they brought stuff in from outside for me, and as I said I was chasing the light they served me quickly.
38 miles back through Wrenbury, Harthill, Tattenhall and Churton to get the 100 up bang on 4pm and nearly home. Final tally 106 miles and bags of light left - but only around 14.4 average.
Route is via the link below and the file is suitable for the Garmin (as a course) at 406 trackpoints:
www.bikehike.co.uk/mapview.php?id=25439
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i will not ride.
ReplyDeleteRay - sorry I missed this - checked in Sat lunch time and assumed we were not on
ReplyDeleteRay - also checked blog on Friday - seen ride was cancelled and did not re-check on Saturday. Went on club ride and got wet!
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