Rather nice to get out today, having been frustrated by horrible weather for a week. Managed to finish my scheduled weekend work by about 13:10 and ten minutes later I was mounting the Tricross.
Wanted to do about 40. I’d like to do 300 miles this month so I needed to make decent progress. On call again though, so I was careful not to stray too far from base. I went north up to Belton and across to the top of Top Brand and back down, then west toward Packington along the A511. Normally I would use the much quieter road that runs parallel to the A road, but the traffic was pretty quiet today and the A road avoids a steep dip and a climb.
From Packington I tacked on a Twycrosser, going down to Sheepy (where I took this pic) and back along Gibbet Lane. Nice to be pedalling along there in daylight after 4:15pm; a few weeks ago it would have been dark.
The building on the right in the distance is home to a restaurant named San Giovanni. Looking forward to a Margarita under a sun umbrella there in the summer, unless of course it goes bust in the meantime.
Back on 40.28 miles and that’s 166 in January so far.