Brand New Day, and a Brand New Term.  The Easter holidays are over and the Summer Term is here.  The mob went off to their respective schools this morning, happily enough, leaving me all kitted up and ready to go out in the sunshine.  I wasn’t feeling particularly motivated so the good weather and nearly complete lack of wind definitely helped to ensure that I went out.

Where to go when the sun is shining and the holidays are over?  Yes – it’s now safe to go to the seaside 🙂  I did a minor variation on the seaside loop.  I went up to Winscombe and along the main road to Churchill, mainly just because I’ve never done that stretch of road before, usually choosing to avoid it by various back routes.  As it’s a mainer road you get the usual trade-off between smoother road surfaces and traffic…but it wasn’t too bad, and the long down from Rowberrow, where I would normally come in, to the traffic lights is always nice.  From there round the back lanes at Churchill, across to leaning tower of Puxton Church, past the RCH Brewery, and along the beach at Sand Bay.  Into Weston to admire the Wheel, along to Uphill, down the main road to turn right and wiggle across through Lympsham, past Rookery Manor, and back home on the hill past the Webbington Hotel.

Cycling time: 2:12:01
Distance: 35.662 miles
Avs: 16.2 mph
ODO: 9496.1 miles

The sun shone. The wind barely blew. It took a while for the temperature to warm up, but it was summer kit all ’round. My legs felt really good – no idea why, and after celebrating eldest’s birthday yesterday they certainly didn’t deserve too!  I’m sure the lack of wind helped but still…have you seen my average speed?  I was flying! I thought it was going well when I checked at Uphill around 1:20 in (I had to stop and take my arms off), and it was 16mph then. This was a bit red flag to a bull, and made me push it a bit all the way home too! 🙂  I made sure to take some of my Recovery drink when I got in, so hopefully the next ride will be just as good. I may not be a fair weather cyclist, but I certainly prefer it when it’s like this *grin*.