Couldn’t leave work as early as I wanted to but I’d set off not long after 1600. I intended to ignore the ROAD CLOSED sign forbidding the turn-off to Norton, and do a bypasser. When I got to the roadworks it was easy enough to get the bike through the traffic cones and past the big hole in the road.
I did a longish version, along Mythe Lane and Atterton Lane at the bottom. Unusually, I went through Upton and Shenton on the way back up.
The road going east into Shenton is lovely – narrow, quiet, scenic but well surfaced. Every time I do it, I ask myself – why don’t I do this more often? Then I forget about it.
Back up the usual way through Bosworth.
Warm and dry out there, but overcast. Unusually humid. I stopped at Heather, a couple of miles from home to take the pic at the derelict petrol station there. It must belong to someone so I assume I was on someone’s private land but I was quick. I suppose some of the residents of Heather consider it an eyesore, but I quite like it. The following image is lifted from Google Street View.
Listened to another couple of hours of the Reacher novel, Nothing to Lose. Definitely one of the better ones.
Back on 36.60 miles and that’s 377 this month, 4012 this year.