Goonerobes
Its okay to be white
- Location
- Wiltshire
The brisk breeze coming up directly from the south made todays route choice a little more complicated as I usually head west or east which would mean crosswinds & when you & bike combined only weigh 78 kilos is a little hazardous so a kind of north south plan was hatched for todays sortie.
Some overnight rain had made the roads fairly wet & in places muddy as I headed up through Plaitford & out of the forest & onto the Test Valleys collection of country lanes. First up was the Ashmore Lane climb, a nice shallow 4% incline peaking at 8% for the last few hundred meters, before dropping down to a nasty bend where I had come off last year on ice so caution was in order before I continued on the soggy roads through West Dean & West Tytherley before turning back south.
The start of the return journey consisted of a whole host a short sharp ups & downs, back to West Dean & then west to Whaddon & south to Alderbury, which with the combination of muck & grit on the roads will probably mean some new brake pads may be in order!
Familiar forest roads made up the final leg of this 50.3 mile round trip which was most enjoyable & it didn't rain for a change!
https://www.strava.com/activities/452676795
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Bike cleaning time!!
Some overnight rain had made the roads fairly wet & in places muddy as I headed up through Plaitford & out of the forest & onto the Test Valleys collection of country lanes. First up was the Ashmore Lane climb, a nice shallow 4% incline peaking at 8% for the last few hundred meters, before dropping down to a nasty bend where I had come off last year on ice so caution was in order before I continued on the soggy roads through West Dean & West Tytherley before turning back south.
The start of the return journey consisted of a whole host a short sharp ups & downs, back to West Dean & then west to Whaddon & south to Alderbury, which with the combination of muck & grit on the roads will probably mean some new brake pads may be in order!
Familiar forest roads made up the final leg of this 50.3 mile round trip which was most enjoyable & it didn't rain for a change!
https://www.strava.com/activities/452676795
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Bike cleaning time!!