Ok, so the original plan WAS to ride a 100 today and kick off the challenge with a bang. This would have taken most if not all of the daylight to do. But then when you're invited to a family celebration, good food, good wine and good company what can you do?! The plan had to change...
So I said I'd ride over - thing is I knew that would be at least 60 miles (actually 70!) so still a stiff challenge and probably more realistic for me at the moment. Jackie took the roof rack on the car and so it was a wrap! Support vehicle en route about 2 hours after I set off - easy. Well it would be easy except the route took me right over the Cotswolds from Stratford to just past Wotton Under Edge. I think I need tohone my estimation skills. I reckoned it would take between 3:45 and 4 hours - actually just shy of 5, so a lot of speed to find!
Some fantastic views and wonderful villages I will definitely ride this again: North Leach looks a lovely place and Coln Rogers has a lovely Church (as well as a great name). In fact that is part of what makes riding these routes great, some of the silly names, Wyre Piddle?. Some of the road names were a bit funny too, how about 'All Alone' as a road name!
Have to go - time to eat a few more Chocs. Happy New Year!
The ride....
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