Another very warm day with light winds. I did a Bypasser. Unusually, I went right down to Atherstone – not done that for a couple of years – and I found a short cut to take me back northward without going right into the centre of town. I think I’ve done that once before. I suppose there must be a way to search the times you’ve done a particular segment on Strava.
On the way back up I decided to take a left to take me to San GIovanni at Sheepy, for a pit stop involving a margerita. However, embarrassingly, I somehow got lost and ended up looping back onto the main road, further down than when I’d taken the turn! I decided just to head for home at this point. I came back the quick way along Gibbet Lane.
That must have been the warmest ride since last summer and I wore my skimpiest cycling clothing. But the last 45 minutes or so was glorious with a cooler breeze and that beautiful pre-sunset light.
I listened to a highly entertaining feature about the Rolling Stones’ new album on 5 Live Drive, in which they had the guitar player from a tribute band accompany listener’s Rolling Stones anecdotes with classic Stones riffs played as background music. And they played a snippet from the new single – nothing special but remarkable energy.
Back on 37.89 miles.