You know that feeling when you have well and truly and comprehensively earnt a hangover and then…it never really appears?  Welcome to my Saturday morning!  Talk about ways to put a girl in a seriously good mood!  On top of that the sun was shining, we decided to do the seaside loop which ain’t exactly lumpy, and since of the four us – myself Helen, Paul and Chris, 50% were female(!) there was very little danger of TMT getting in the way.  Practically a recipe for a perfect ride.

Which it pretty much was, apart from two visits by the puncture fairy.  Helen had never had a puncture out on a ride before..she’s now been doubly blessed!  She couldn’t have picked a better time to do it – her and I watched a chivalrous Chris swing into action, with a little help from Paul, and he fixed them both times, very efficiently.  Go Chris! 🙂

We had coffee outside the Victorian Café on the seafront at Weston, where we basked in the sun, making all the locals look at us askance, which we ignored.  I’m not sure they’re used to people who actually exercise… 😉  We had the usual exchange of witty repartée, and then I remained just as cheerful all the way home, even crawling my way up past the Webbington.  Well, ok, so if the lads had been out, we’d have been faster, but actually I did ok, maybe because I didn’t feel like I was constantly pushing it to keep up?  I wasn’t feeling too bad, my legs were working a little better than they have done later, and out on the bike in the sun was a very good place to be :).

Cycling time: 2:03 hrs.
Distance: 32.2 miles.
Avs: 15.7 mph.
ODO: 3929.5 miles.