Only had time for 20 or so after work as I was eating out tonight and had to be back by 6:15-ish. Cool and cloudy, though not as cool as I thought and I wrapped up a bit too warm. Windy.
Did the southbound route as far as Kirkby Mallory, where I turned westward toward Sutton Cheney. But I decided to come straight up the A447, at least as far as the turn for Barton in the Beans, after which I came home the usual way through Odstone and Heather.
Back on
23.79 miles. 76 this month. More tomorrow I think, another short one.
Hoping to have the day off on Friday though it will be too hot for a
long one. But Sunday looks good for a run out to Belvoir Castle, not
done that for a while.
Good cycling conditions today – mostly sunny, not too warm. A slightly
immoderate wind from the west. I wanted to do a Fondo, to bite a decent
chunk out of the August target – recalculated at the beginning of the
month, at 524 miles. Unfortunately I’m on call again so I couldn’t stray
too far from base.
I made it up as I went along, starting with a run up through Belton to Long Whatton, along to Diseworth and back down to Peggs Green where I was just a few miles from home again. From there I went down Zion Hill to Lount. I hadn’t been down that way for years. It was part of a shorter route that I don’t bother with now. But today it was quite useful for navigating to Ashby then Packington, from where I had a pleasant lunch on a bench, took the following pic then set off on a part-Twycrosser. Then across to Bosworth, through Barlestone and down to Kirkby Lane – doing a bit of the southbound route.
I
was going to go down to Kirkby Mallory and from there to Cadeby and
back up, but I got cold feet about being too far from home and pushing
my luck so I took a turn to Newbold Verdon and came home the usual way
from there. By this time I’d decided not to bother with the full Fondo
distance – it’s not that enjoyable faffing around orbital routes near
home. Next weekend hopefully I’ll do a proper one.
I’ve
had 11 hours out of the Xoss bike computer since its first charge and
judging from the battery indicator it’s good for at least another 6 or
7. Not bad. Less than the stated 25 hours I expect but pretty decent.
To
my amusement, Strava tells me I am the “local legend” for a segment
near Ashby. Apparently I’ve done it more often than anyone else in the
last 90 days.
