So having done my first 100 miler of the year on Tuesday, I did my second one today.
The BB has been making a right ducking noise on the Roubaix and I had some awkward veloviewer squares marked for bagging, so decided not to risk it today and went out on the Allez instead.
Left the house around 06:10 and repeated the first 11 miles or so of Tuesdays ride to Rearsby, from there it was familiar roads to Saxelbye and a slow slog up the hill and onto the top of the ridge and onto Eastwell. I don't know what the drivers had for their breakfast but the amount of close passes I had on the six miles from Wartnaby to Eastwell was bloody ridiculous.
Heading towards Belvoir Castle, I'm mentally preparing myself for the horrendous climb just after it. Thankfully my route didn't take me that way (I'm known for not really looking at routes when I plan them
) and I had the fantastic descent into Knipton quickly followed by a nasty little climb into Harston. Sods law as I'm dragging my lardy rear up it a car comes up behind me. He had to wait, if I'd stopped I wouldn't have got going again.
Eventually come out onto the A607 and a very fast few miles into Grantham and onto the last climb of the day into Londonthorpe.
Into Welby for the first square grab of the day, up one of the nicest field bridleways I've ever ridden on. The grass between the tractor tracks must have been a good three foot wide and smooths as a bowling green, which was a good job as I did just over a mile on it. Into Sleaford for a few more squares, riding down dead end roads on the housing estate and into Holdingham for the cafe stop - well i say cafe stop, it was McDonalds again
Then onto a fantastic little cycle path that cut out the A15 and A17 roundabout at Holdingham to get me back onto country lanes again. Into Ruskington for another awkward square - only awkward as it was easier to bag from the North and I was approaching from the South so had to ride along its boundary on two sides before getting into it on the third.
Then I had to go on the A153 for 5 miles so I could jump onto a farm track for another square
It was horrid, the drivers were just imbeciles, numerous close passes again and one only just missed a head on crash, why can't they just wait a few seconds, it isn't like I was dawdling along?
Then I had a few miles of go east to grab a square (nice, wind behind me) go west to grab a square (not nice, horrible headwind) until I got onto the Water Rail Way route, pretty much in the middle of the Tattershall Bridge and Kirkshead Bridge section.
Stopped at the garage at Kirkshead Bridge for more water, coke and chocolate, back onto the Water Rail Way and stopped at the first free bench for the can.
Last 15 miles were then into the wind, but apart from the couple of miles between Southrey and Bardney, it is traffic free so wasn't too bad, though as usual the last 6 miles were right into the wind.
The bridge over the river which I think is for the new Lincoln bypass has finally opened (might have been open a while to be fair as this is my first ride to Lincoln this year) and all the building works have gone, so the cycle path is once again builder free.
Pulled into Lincoln station on just over 101 miles, did it in just under 6 hours, which considering the square grabbing I was more than happy with.
Grabbed my ticket and went onto the platform to find Costa was shut
so had to wait until I got home for a brew.
https://www.strava.com/activities/5780230461
so change of plan and headed out past the Bowes museum on Westwick road then a left down to Abbey bridge where i spotted a mobile tea stall, slammed on brakes 
i had to cross over 
it was not a hardship but crossing over i knew i had to drag a big heavy bike up 23 steps . just pleased i am a fit oldstick 
... once up the steps it was down up over the bridge and at the next junction re-crossed the A66 into the coned off section for 400yds quick dash 
