The weather looks iffy for the next few days. Had to be at home at 7pm-ish, but I left work at 3:15 on the X with the hope of doing 40 miles, to get the August total over 300. I started by going over toward Ashby with the thought of doing a long-ish Twycrosser, but on a whim I ignored the usual left turn to Packington and went right into Ashby.
I probably would have taken the right turn from the roundabout on the high street to head toward Ticknall, but it was closed off. So I just kept on, up the hill out of Ashby toward Moira. I didn’t really know where I was going; I just thought I’d follow my nose. I think I’d only been along that way once before, on my first bike trip to Stafford, a few years ago. Eventually I came to a crossroads with a sign to Twycross down the A444, so I took that. Definitely hadn’t been along that whole stretch of the A444 before. I arrived in Twycross on about 16 miles, only a few more than I’d have done if I’d taken a more familiar route – which seemed odd.
Anyway from there I just did the rest of a medium-long Twycrosser, with the distinction that once again, I risked the A5 for half a mile. Just to save a bit of time, really.
I was happy to see that a stretch of road between Sheepy and Ratcliffe has been lavishly resurfaced, it was in an awful state – crumbly and pitted.
Nice and warm, not too hot. Sunny. A bit windy.
Back on 41.67 miles.
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304 this month.