Two rides, yesterday I finished work at dinner time got home changed bikes got my cycle gear on and did a 44 miler over to Market Bosworth Water Park, unfortunately the Cafe was closed so had to divert to the Market Bosworth Battlefield Cafe, great ride out with a tail wind most of the way, was flying, most of the way back I was into the wind, I set a cog, a rhythm and a cadence that I could maintain and did gear and rhythm home, lovely short ride but hard going. This morning I dropped the Mrs off at the station for her day trip then went home got changed got the bike out and headed for Earlswood, into the wind most of the way there, gear and rhythm again, and could feel the previous days ride in the legs, got to the Cafe just as it went dark and started to rain, came out just as it stopped and the sun came out, the heaviest shower of the day and I was in the Cafe, great timing, flying before the wind most of the way home, I did 53 miles and I'm knackered now but I enjoyed the ride.
. By the time we got to Middlewich the rain had stopped. Then I punctured, a reasonably straight forward repair and we were back on our way, however as we travelled across the Cheshire plain we seemed to be heading towards some sort of mega storm
closely akin to the type of thing you would see on some American storm chaser reality programme with the blackest of clouds. Fortunately we skirted the edge of it with 5 minutes of rain. Arrived at the cafe for much needed hot drinks, sandwiches, more hot drinks and cake. Swiftly followed by some discrete sock wringing out.
and I had lost Mr 400bhp. After getting myself back on to the route, we headed back TTTing back across the plain. We split near Warrington and I headed back past Tatton Park.
