Did a modest 22 miles earlier on to kick off the March campaign, but didn’t do a Twycrosser this time. Thought I’d do something different, and I fashioned a route that would take me through Coalville, up through Whitwick and up to Belton, then across to Diseworth, just south of Donington then home via my old way back from the office. This would have given me 20.35 miles, so I was a little puzzled when I realised that I’d end up doing at least 22. As it turns out, I took a wrong turn at Diseworth that resulted in me taking a longer loop round at the top, though I didn’t realise it until later.
The red Boardman was once again my instrument of preference today. Mostly nice out there, fairly blowy but bright and dry. I mostly took at easy, though I put my boot down a bit in the middle 7 or 8 miles as I’m on call, and was taking a bit of a risk being more than a few miles from home. Could have done without the headwind over the later part of the ride.
The Boardman has started doing that annoying thing where the transmission is a bit juddery in the smallest 3 cogs at the back – I can’t remember how I fixed it last time; new cassette, new chain or both. But it’s not that bothersome at the moment, I don’t use those gears that often. I’ll have have to have a look back through this thread to find out what I did to fix it before.
Noticed a blue purse lying in the grass just off the road about a mile from home. Stopped to have a look – it was rather damp, but contained quite a few debit / credit / loyalty cards and a driving licence with a name and address, so I brought it back with me. No cash in it of course. Took it round to the specified address in the car shortly after I got home, and the lady to whom it belonged was very surprised to see it – said it had been taken from her bag in a supermarket before Christmas. She gave me a £5 reward – I honestly did my best to refuse it, but she was so insistent that it actually seemed rude to argue the point. So I accepted it gratefully and humbly, and shall stick it in the breast cancer charity fund.
22.24 miles. 385 this year.