A cold day but forecast to be sunny in the afternoon. I thought a Bypasser would do, but wanted to do a reasonably long one, 65km or so.
So I did a bypasser, with a bit of an excursion toward Polesworth at the bottom. Along to Witherley and Atterton Lane. But on the way back up, I cut in to Sheepy Magna and Twycross. Then back via Gibbet Lane.
Noticed a light aircraft taking off in the distance as I stopped near Orton. Hadn’t seen that before. But looking at the map, there is a little aircraft logo 2km north of where I was, with the text “Cottage Farm Airstrip”.
Beautiful sunny day, wish I’d worn a peak cap under my woolly hat. The glare on the flip-up shades I’d attached to my old varifocals was pretty irritating. I was getting cold over the last few km though, or at least my feet were.
I listened to LBC, then a new audiobook: The Collapse of Yugoslavia 1991-1999 by Alastair Finlan.
Back on 72.90 km. Looks like rain for a few days now.