Time to get back on the bike.  All these Bank Holiday shenanigans are playing havoc with my cycling possibilities so I thought it best to get out when I could…  However I didn’t have a lot of time – places to be, people to see – so I wasn’t overly adventurous with my route.  One of those time when you know how much time you’ve got and cycle to fill that.  I did go out over Mudgeley and came home by going back up Winscombe Hill, just to thrown in the odd up.   In the middle there was a whole lot of Level stuff, as per usual.

It was sunny, but man, with the not inconsiderable wind emanating from somewhere in the vicinity of Siberia, it was not warm.  In fact I’d go so far as to call it chilly.  My gilet came off somewhere around Draycott, but the arms stayed on and extended the whole way round.  However it made for good motivation to keep going, that’s for sure.  It got windier the closer I got to home, and it hadn’t been exactly helping to start with – I guess the Mendips were providing more shelter than I thought they were, so the road to Winscombe was quite a slog.  However the main reason to go up the silly hill at the end was to fly down the bypass at 30mph, which is definitely my idea of fun.  And it was.  Much fun was had by all :).

Having forgotten to turn the computer on when I left, my stats are a little off, so you can have a guesstimate.

Cycling time: 2:00hrs
Distance: 32.00 miles
Avs: 15.5 mph
ODO: 8146 miles

Considering it’s only 3 days post event I felt pretty good.  The knee was a bit twingey but I’ll allow it that.  Other than that…well, there is no other than that :).