Don’t usually ride on consecutive days, but the weather looks rough tomorrow and alas, I have other commitments on Thursday – so I thought I’d get a few hours in today.
The wind was coming from the south-west, but it was very light. Not a warm day, but sunny. I basically did a Twycrosser with an excursion down the Dad’s Army route.
After 29km, at the T junction at the end of Boulter’s Lane, I thought I’d take a left instead of the usual right and go exploring. Looked eminently well-surfaced and level-ish as far as I could see in that direction. I only went another 3 or 4 kilometres, to a place called Hurley Common before coming back up homeward – but it was very nice along there. I’ll explore further next time. Nice view of the Birmingham skyline in the distance (I think, will nerd out over a map and check tomorrow).
Glad to be venturing over the other side of the A5 more often. The tips of my fingers were a bit icy by the time I got back, about 40 mins after sunset. Anyway 69.23k done, 902 this month now and I think I can squeeze a bit more out of November. Saturday looks like a good day for it at the moment.