The temperature stood at a rather unaccommodating 1C when I set off, and I thought I’d probably tolerate about 35 – 40 km at most. But it was a sunny day and actually pretty comfortable out there.
I did a fairly standard Twycrosser, with the slight variation that I detoured through Nailstone on the way back up.
Really lovely out there. I could have set off earlier and done a fondo. Ah well! It’s a half-decent start to the 2025 campaign.
I listened to Suella Braverman, sitting in for James O’Brexit on LBC.
Saw a helicopter on the de-facto helipad near Measham so I stopped and took a pic. I looked up the registration number; according to FlightRadar24 it visited Brize Norton a couple of hours later.
Back on 45.81 km, I want to do at least 550 this month.