So that's March's qualifying ride out of the way with. A surrey/Kent loop in the good company of
@rb58 ,
@Mista Preston and
@iLB 's, with a bonus brunch time appearance from
@Trickedem
I usually do this route in a clockwise direction but due to the very strong westerly winds, decided to do it anti-clockwise. And it was the right decidion. Once we had reached mile 20 of the ride we turned east to be blown along for the next 30 miles to our lunch stop. Only waylayed by my Garmin throwing a complete wobbly at Lingfield and iLB hitting a hidden puddle pothole which resulted in the inevitable snakebites for his rear inner tube.
56 Miles in and brunch was had at Yalding, at the very friendly and cheap cafe. We got there with a 18.2mph average, which is not too shabby. Once lunch was had (they did forget about Mista Preston's beans on toast, but quickly remedied) )..we then had the climbing and rolling hills of Kent to contend with, including the thigh busting Hunton Hill just outside of Yalding. 20 more wind assisted miles and we had to turn north then west, straight into into the vicious wind. Mixed with rolling Kent hills it made for tough going in parts. But we persevered and kept the pedals turning. A couple of times on exposed bridges or high ground the buffeting of the wind caught me by surprise.
I lost count of how many cyclists we saw today. The almost spring-like weather certainly get's some bikes out of hibernation.
So, March's ride done nice and early.
112 Miles at an average of 16.2mph. Century # 6 for 2015, century # 140 over all.
The Garmin wobble
........ Are you in the ICAM challenge? I know you were considering it
I've no free weekend's this month to do a club century ride, so looks like I'll be picking a nice day that I'm off & trying solo 
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