Yesterday ride from Bradford to verwood Dorset staying over in Derby.
Good evening ride over to derby, good fast run in..
Early start in morning and lovely ride on the cloud line to breadon on the hill, then south to hinckley cooked breakfast for £8 ouch I guess we are traveling south!!
picked up the Fosse way for approx 20m before thanking a423 to Soham and then Banbury.
Lunch at Eynsham where churchhill resided and still does. The church was too busy for a kip!
Down to Wantage over the Thames where the yoof were jumping off the bridge, I could have joined them.
From Wantage up over the downs to hungerford and then the last pull to Salisbury.
However the wheels came off at Salisbury.....
So it was all going fine till the last 15miles when it went belly up.
Google routed me onto a minor road which the became unmade, then twang and a spoke snapped.
After I had a puncture.
The road become so unrideable I had to walk a couple of miles.
I finally came out on the main fordingbridge verwood home and powered home.
400k in 27hrs which with the heat and a 6hr stop in Derby, which I don't think was too bad. I much have stopped quite a few times because riding time was only 16h30.
Needless to say I'll take the train / coach home tomorrow!!
Highlights the cloud trail south of Derby.
The Fosse way
Churchhill grave.
Lesions learnt
don't ride in a heatwave....
Don't ride on your lightest wheels.
Do try and ride in company
Good evening ride over to derby, good fast run in..
Early start in morning and lovely ride on the cloud line to breadon on the hill, then south to hinckley cooked breakfast for £8 ouch I guess we are traveling south!!
picked up the Fosse way for approx 20m before thanking a423 to Soham and then Banbury.
Lunch at Eynsham where churchhill resided and still does. The church was too busy for a kip!
Down to Wantage over the Thames where the yoof were jumping off the bridge, I could have joined them.
From Wantage up over the downs to hungerford and then the last pull to Salisbury.
However the wheels came off at Salisbury.....
So it was all going fine till the last 15miles when it went belly up.
Google routed me onto a minor road which the became unmade, then twang and a spoke snapped.
After I had a puncture.
The road become so unrideable I had to walk a couple of miles.
I finally came out on the main fordingbridge verwood home and powered home.
400k in 27hrs which with the heat and a 6hr stop in Derby, which I don't think was too bad. I much have stopped quite a few times because riding time was only 16h30.
Needless to say I'll take the train / coach home tomorrow!!
Highlights the cloud trail south of Derby.
The Fosse way
Churchhill grave.
Lesions learnt
don't ride in a heatwave....
Don't ride on your lightest wheels.
Do try and ride in company
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