Dave 123
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I took a day off to evade tomorrow's hurricane! 100yds from the house I had to return for my sunglasses, a good start!
It was cool but pleasant enough out, blossom, sheep in fields and yellowhammers calling I made my way to Graveley, then out to Buckden. Getting across the A1 roundabout was interesting! On past Grafham Water then right to Kimbolton, my first 25 miles into a noticable headwind! I stopped in Kimbolton for a cup of tea and a croissant. The gatehouse of what is now a posh school was built by Robert Adam
It was interesting watching parents drop their kids off in Maseratis and Ferraris, I used to go on my Raliegh Winner!
Another few miles of headwind before I turned south at Lower Dean. The next 25 miles or so were great, quiet roads and beautiful thatched and timbered houses in pretty villages until I reached Great Barford.
The pretty and quiet wasn't to last much longer, things were getting more built up, and there were less hedges to protect me from the horrible cross wind.
I stopped at Broom in Jordan's Mill, the cereal people. What a lovely place and what lovely staff! I had scrambled eggs on toast and a pot of Earl Grey.
The next bit of the ride was crap! No signs, couldn't quite decipher it on my phone. This was around Baldock. I asked a postie how I'd get to Ashwell, the only way was the bloody bypass! Head down and ignore everything with a white rumble strip for protection!
So I was back to the rural idyll, but rolling hills had appeared and my stumpy little legs were getting tired. From the top of the hill before Ashwell it looked like...
Onwards, I had choices. I chose the road to Wrestlingworth as the road to Potton was into a head wind. The next 10 miles were spent on a road that ended in Potton with a head wind all the way. Oh, how I laughed....
I stopped at Waresley garden centre as I needed cake, it seemed every woman over the age of 50 from a 10 mile radius was in the tea shop!
On through the Gransdens, Bourn, Kingston, Barton and along Grange Road in Cambridge before I headed for home on my daily commute route.
Once home I'd done 101.41 miles with an average speed of 14.47mph. I'm really chuffed with that for a solo ride and still not feeling 100% after my virus. At about 20 miles I'd been thinking of calling either a taxi or an ambulance!
It was cool but pleasant enough out, blossom, sheep in fields and yellowhammers calling I made my way to Graveley, then out to Buckden. Getting across the A1 roundabout was interesting! On past Grafham Water then right to Kimbolton, my first 25 miles into a noticable headwind! I stopped in Kimbolton for a cup of tea and a croissant. The gatehouse of what is now a posh school was built by Robert Adam
It was interesting watching parents drop their kids off in Maseratis and Ferraris, I used to go on my Raliegh Winner!
Another few miles of headwind before I turned south at Lower Dean. The next 25 miles or so were great, quiet roads and beautiful thatched and timbered houses in pretty villages until I reached Great Barford.
The pretty and quiet wasn't to last much longer, things were getting more built up, and there were less hedges to protect me from the horrible cross wind.
I stopped at Broom in Jordan's Mill, the cereal people. What a lovely place and what lovely staff! I had scrambled eggs on toast and a pot of Earl Grey.
The next bit of the ride was crap! No signs, couldn't quite decipher it on my phone. This was around Baldock. I asked a postie how I'd get to Ashwell, the only way was the bloody bypass! Head down and ignore everything with a white rumble strip for protection!
So I was back to the rural idyll, but rolling hills had appeared and my stumpy little legs were getting tired. From the top of the hill before Ashwell it looked like...
Onwards, I had choices. I chose the road to Wrestlingworth as the road to Potton was into a head wind. The next 10 miles were spent on a road that ended in Potton with a head wind all the way. Oh, how I laughed....
I stopped at Waresley garden centre as I needed cake, it seemed every woman over the age of 50 from a 10 mile radius was in the tea shop!
On through the Gransdens, Bourn, Kingston, Barton and along Grange Road in Cambridge before I headed for home on my daily commute route.
Once home I'd done 101.41 miles with an average speed of 14.47mph. I'm really chuffed with that for a solo ride and still not feeling 100% after my virus. At about 20 miles I'd been thinking of calling either a taxi or an ambulance!
... time to get back in the saddle need to keep legs going 
...I am slowly getting further each time (just) a short trip to Wynyard great (tearoom) along the woodland walk/cycle route to the 
) when it came at me from the side!
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