Your ride today....

[roubaixtuesday]

Glen Tanar exploration including the fording of the eponymous water

 

[roubaixtuesday]

This weekends cycling shenanigans.
Out of the door Saturday morning at a complete and utter ungodly hour to cycle 9 miles to Meopham for the Oasts & Coasts 300km Audax.
Basically, an anti-clockwise route around the Sussex/Kent borders and coast. A fabulous but sometimes arduous route. Some brilliant roads, lanes and paths giving the legs, mind, body and spirit a thorough workout. The first half of the ride offering rolling terrain with a few thigh busting climbs thrown in for good measure. A slight respite of traversing the flat Romney Marshes before hitting the climbs again. Capel Le Ferne in Folkestone never gets easier, but a drop into Dover along the coastal path offering wonderful views sure makes up the the hard work, only for another big climb to hit you, up and around Dover Castle to St Margaret's Bay. The going after that does get easier, dropping down to Kent's east coast, rolling along up to and around the north Kent coast with a final gentle climb back over the downs to the finish.

I did set my own Audax time limit to get back to base of 10.30pm.. I missed it by one minute. I think I can live with that.
A ride back to home after tea and pizza and I finished with a smidgen under 210 miles.

Imperial Century #352 over all
Double Imperial # 11

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Respect !

 

[Spiderweb]

Out at 1.40pm after my dog walk. Beautiful weather in North Yorkshire, nearly 20° and sunny. Just over 53 miles with an average of 14.3 mph. Fab ride!

 

[ianrauk]

There's some absolutely brilliant ride reports in this thread, Fab reporting from @Rickshaw Phil . Well chuffed you are still in the 100M monthly challenge and to @HLaB also, and everyone else posting their rides. One of my favourite threads on the forum.

 

[ianrauk]

It looks nice. I wish our randonneuring (Audax) routes were anywhere near as interesting. Do you get extra points for spotting migrants coming ashore?

I wish I had as I would have helped them ashore. Offering them some of the fabulous home made flapjack I had in my back pocket and welcomed them to the UK for hopefully a better life.

 

[Donger]

To which building do the impressive gates lead?

That be Newburgh Priory ..... just to the South of Coxwold.

 

[blackrat]

I wish I had as I would have helped them ashore. Offering them some of the fabulous home made flapjack I had in my back pocket and welcomed them to the UK for hopefully a better life.

Noble sentiments, but my guess is you don't live near the squalor so many of them create in the larger areas of population. And where would you stop, when half a billion have arrived and represent a majority of the population? Don't forget, most are trafficked into Britain ans those responsible are getting rich on it all. Much better solution is to create better living and working conditions in their home countries.