The weather forecast changed a couple of times today but by mid
afternoon it was threatening light rain for an hour or two. I had a
feeling that it wouldn’t actually rain though, and I was right. I took
the hybrid out at about 3:45pm.
I did a Twycross
with the same detour via Orton as the last one. It’s an increasingly
popular item in my repertoire; I shall know it henceforth as the
Twycross Bypasser. This was a shorter version than I did last time
though, without the deviation up to Packington over the first few miles.
I came back through Heather rather than Ibstock, as well.
The
right turn from the crossroads near Orton has a really long, steep
descent down a quiet road and I was tempted to take it, for fun – but of
course in cycling, what goes down must also come up, at least if you
intend to finish where you started.
Wanted to
do about 25 to hike the monthly mile tally over 350, and I did 25.58.
That’s 712 this year, 357 this month. Happy to have done that as the
weather for the rest of the month looks rough.
Cold, but sunny. Back just in time, well after sunset and I only had flashy blinkers on the bike – but there was still enough light to see the road in front of me when I pulled up at the garage door.
Lots of dead badgers around at the moment, sadly. Noticed another dead mouse in the garage. As always – quick.