A much milder day and most of the snow had cleared. Overcast, and the roads were wet. I took the Tricross (I seem to have stopped calling it ‘Neil’ now, perhaps it was a silly affectation) out after work. Still a decent bit of light left in the day when I set off at about 4:05pm.
I wanted to do about 25. It wasn’t the most enjoyable weather for a run out on a bike. I went up to Belton then through the village to the top of Top Brand and back down again, by which time it was getting dark. The idea was to tack on a Twycrosser from there, but as I descended Alton Hill I ran into thick fog. My head torch was actually making it worse. I decided to keep it short. I didn’t fancy turning back and having to come up Alton Hill so I pressed on to Packington then took a road that I don’t often use, that goes from there straight to Heather. I took Pisca Lane to Ibstock from there rather than coming up Heather Lane.
At times I could only see a few yards in front of me and I had to point the head torch right down in front of the front wheel to get any visibility at all.
Back on 23.14 miles. Nice to get out again despite the fog. 216 this month, not a lot so far.