Another day off work and, with a moderate breeze blowing from the east, I thought a run out in that direction was appropriate. Decided to do Eastwell and back.
I modified the route by taking in some of the new stretch I’d discovered on Monday evening, by taking a left from Cotes to Hoton, instead of a right to Burton on the Wolds. As I pedalled along the road between Hoton and Wymeswold, I found myself ascending a shallow slope pretty much the whole way. No wonder I’d found it so charming coming in the other direction, but I hadn’t noticed that I was rolling downhill in the post-sunset gloom on Monday.
Quite cloudy and overcast. I wore fairly light clothing, and was looking forward to the temperatures climbing in the afternoon. Unfortunately the BBC’s weather forecast turned out to be about as trustworthy as their news and current affairs output, and it was actually colder after midday.
Listened to 5 Live on the outward leg, including their coverage of Prime Minister’s Questions. Unfortunately the execrable Angela Rayner was deputising for Del Boy Starmer. It was all a bit like listening to a girl from the third year taking part in the sixth form debating society; really hackneyed class warfare material. To his credit, the PM rebutted her gently, with humility, grace and a bit of compassion. But it was getting embarrassing to listen to after 15 minutes or so and I switched to my Jack Reacher audiobook. Not much more realistic than Angela Rayner’s worldview, but at least less predictable.
My Edge 130 ran out of juice with about 8 miles to go, so I used my phone to record the rest of the track and stitched them together when I got back. The Edge had done about 110 miles since its last recharge, not bad.
I didn’t really enjoy that. The headwind was too annoying on the way out and I was cold on the way back. But that’s another 63.92 miles in the bag, bringing the September tally to 364 so far – not bad for the first half of the month.
That was the 24th Fondo of the year. I’d set myself an informal target of 24 Fondos in 2020; an average of 2 per month.