Wanted to do 30 or 35 after work since it was a beautifully sunny afternoon. Not warm, but not cold. A bit blowy. Set off on the S Works without knowing where I was going to go. Found myself pedalling up through Coleorton, almost on auto-pilot. Then I thought I’d head up to Donington and maybe go left to Melbourne .. but by the time I was halfway up through Top Brand I’d decided to detour through Diseworth to join the usual “out east” route.
I did that but by after Cotes I decided to go into Loughborough on a whim. I hadn’t been into the centre for over a year, even in a car and I thought I’d have a look around while it’s relatively quiet. I did that, but cycled right through onto the A6, after which I sort of got lost. I followed a sign to Barrow upon Soar though, and from there found my way to Cotes again. From there I came back more or less the usual way. Bit of an adventure.
Back after a very pleasant 41.03 miles, taking me to a pleasing 319 this month, 2170 this year. That’s not far short of twice the distance I’d done this time last year.