Eastbound Fondo

I’d picked out today as ideal for a post-work Fondo out east from the weather forecast a few days ago, but light rain struck unexpectedly. It had stopped by early afternoon, but the roads were a bit damp when I set off. Not for long though. By the time I was in Coalville, two miles away the roads were completely dry, so we must have had very localised weather.

I wasn’t troubled by precipitation for the rest of the ride either.

Very annoyingly a stretch of Ashby Road near Zouch has been resurfaced, if I can dignify what they’ve done with the term, by scattering heaps of sharp, dusty gravel on it.

I turned round after 30.8 miles, because I intended to do a detour via Diseworth on the way back – to avoid some of the gravel. Nice to have a tailwind on the way back. I especially love to see wind turbines pointing in the right direction, in the distance. I did the Rempstone / Wymeswold route on the way back.

Nice weather for it, intermittently cool and slightly warm. I thought a lot about my mum, and our home in Hartlepool leaving the family tomorrow, especially as the afternoon drew on. I felt an urge to be there again one last time, to see the sun go down in the back garden where I played as a kid.

I’d been looking forward to doing the eastbound Fondo again for a while but I was so preoccupied that it mostly sort of washed over me. But it was good to get out for a few hours.

https://www.strava.com/activities/7506778428

63.26 miles.