Out on the bike again after work yesterday, anxious to bite another chunk out of the remaining distance to my July target. Decent weather, warm enough for minimal clothing though mostly cloudy. I decided on a Twycrosser. Wanted to do about 38, which would get the remaining distance ask down to 120.
After Ratcliffe I decided to take the A5 route to Fenny Drayton, involving half a mile of brutal A road. The alternative Atterton Lane option is eminently more suitable for cycling, being leafy, secluded and quiet. I just fancied a change. But at least the A5 was quick. It had recently been resurfaced so it was nice and smooth, and I wasn’t hit by a passing lorry.
After Sutton Cheney I realised that if I took the usual route home up through Bosworth I’d end up on only 35 miles or so, so I kept on going across the A447 to Kirkby Mallory. Back home through Bagworth, Ellistown, Donington Le Heath. Had to take a detour only a mile from home to avoid some roadworks. 39.82 miles.
Felt a couple of pin pricks of rain once or twice but it didn’t rain properly.
For some reason I’m seeing spent CO2 cartridges in the road every now and then this last few weeks. I can’t imagine people are holding roadside 1970s style dinner parties with soda syphons so I’m guessing there’s been a surge of interest in air rifle shooting? Odd.
I started reading a Jack Reacher novel on holiday in Norfolk at the beginning of the month and was quite enjoying it, but I never seem to find the time to read unless I’m on holiday. So I bought the audiobook version on Thursday, and listened to it on the phone using my Audible app on the bike. That worked quite well, except that the voice of Jack Reacher – it’s a first person narrative – is not really how I imagine it. In my mind’s eye (and ear) Jack is a sort of 6’5″ Tom Cruise. Also, either the guy who does the narration does female voices uncannily well, or they’ve applied a voice changer for the female characters.
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Another 70 or so tomorrow, I hope.