I’d hoped to go cycling today and even had thoughts of doing another Fondo, possibly. But the weather was damp and dank when I got up, and the roads were wet. I decided to drive to Northampton instead.
But I was back by about 2:15pm and conditions had improved quite a bit, so I fought off my urge to have an afternoon nap and went out on a bike. I set off up Wash Lane as if to go eastbound through Belton but I turned back along Church Lane and did a Twycrosser.
I realised that I’d forgotten to bring my phone after a couple of minutes but I wasn’t too bothered until Twycross, where my DAB AAs ran out and I realised that I’d forgotten to bring spares. Condemned to silence for the rest of the ride!
Another irritation was that my Garmin switched itself off and it missed a lot of the ride. I’ve repaired the track crudely in a GPX editor and uploaded it to Strava where I was awarded 23.85 miles, but it was actually 24.10 (I checked using a route planner and this total matches the magnet-based odometer closely).
202 this month! 48 to go and actually, the weather forecast looks dismal after Friday. But I think I’ll get there.