With dry, mild – almost warm – weather forecast for today, I really wanted to do another fondo. Unfortunately I’ve contracted a moderate case of man flu, and rather than pedalling away into the yonder on a bicycle this morning, I went back to bed.
But I did get up again at about midday, and following a modest lunch, I was off and away not long after 2pm. I hoped to do 40 miles or so.
For some reason I went right up through Ashby, and looped round there a couple of times. Just amusing myself really. Then I came down through Packington and did a fairly standard Twycrosser from there.
I went into the village shop at Packington – I’ve passed it dozens of times but never bothered to go in, mostly because it’s only a few miles from home. But this time I did, because the fridge was lamentably low on cycling snacks. Quite a useful little shop.
Listened to 5 Live. Back on 35.42 miles, fewer than I intended but oh well. I was back at 1745, only 20 minutes before sunset.
That was my 1500th ride since I started recording and spreadsheeting them in January 2015, 48,374 miles ago.