Yes, it was a nice ride. And it
WAS chilly in that wind. I kept my second jersey on well into the ride.
@Buck's back went into spasm after he put a foot down to wait for me at the top of the steep climb at Blake Dean. He managed to limp round as far as Blackshaw Head but then did the sensible thing and headed off down Mytholm Steeps, the shortest way back to Hebden Bridge.
@Dadam and I then headed off to do the second half of the ride. We got chilled by the headwind on the long climb to Blackstone Edge and time was getting on so we decided to take a shortcut to Craggies rather than going the longer way planned.
We had a couple of coffees each and tasty snacks, while enjoying the warmth of the cafe.
A quick ride back to Hebden Bridge where I said goodbye to
@Dadam, and then I rode back to Todmorden on the valley road.
I was feeling cold, and rain threatened. The shortcut earlier had left me with another 12 km to do for my metric century and I couldn't face doing it!
Still, I got 88 km in, which is well over half an imperial century, which is ok. About 1,600 m (5,200 ft) of ascent in total, so definitely pretty lumpy!