Another rain-free day in the forecast. I might have taken the whole day off work, but I’d agreed to take part in a meeting at midday and anyway, I only wanted to do a fondo. Plenty of time for that. So I settled for half a day. I escaped from the meeting at 1230 and was away on the Tricross about twenty minutes later.
The plan was to do the Lower Westbound route, with a slightly immoderate breeze coming from the west. I’d done about 26 miles though when the road (Uttoxeter Road, going up to Abbots Bromley) seemed to degenerate into a muddy track. It’s fine usually. I suppose a combination of the weather and abnormally high farm vehicle traffic have taken their toll.
So – I turned back. I took a road signposted to Blithbury, but after a half mile that one presented me with exactly the same problem. I turned for home, but resolved to make up the mileage some other way closer to base. I did that by detouring up through to Ashby then performing a quick excursion into Coalville over the last few miles.
I took the pic near Edingale. The lovely lake you can see in the background is usually a field.
Listened to the PM at the COVID enquiry mostly, then the Can album Ege Bamyasi.
Back on 62.50 miles, which takes me to 6216 this year, or 10004 km. Only the second time I’ve done 10000 km in a year.