Rain all day yesterday. But the roads were dry by early afternoon today, with more rain due over late in the afternoon. So I thought I’d take a longish lunch break and do a short Twycrosser, of 18-20 miles or so. And if I had done that, I wouldn’t have got caught in the rain. Instead I elongated it to 21.85 miles by going all the way down to Sheepy, and got rained on over the last two miles. Only lightly. Enough to be annoying but at least my decision to take the Boardman was vindicated.
Still – quite an enjoyable run out overall. Haven’t done a lunch break ride for a long time; used to do them all the time a few years ago but I’m all about longer rides than that now. Came back along Gibbet Lane and I haven’t done that for a few weeks.
Bit windy, mostly sunny until the last few miles. Glad to have got that one in because the weather looks dire for the rest of the month. And I’ve surpassed my September target (320 miles) now. 331 done this month.
I don’t like to listen to 5 Live in the afternoons when Nihal Arthanayake’s on – his show is a sort of awful parody of left-leaning, liberal drivel and he’s possibly the worst radio presenter I’ve heard in my life. So I tuned the DAB to 6 Music. Even on there, it wasn’t long before Shaun Keaveny’s guest came out with snarky remarks about Conservative voters. But the BBC will get theirs, one day. The writing’s on the wall already.
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Speaking of the weather I must say I’ve been impressed by the Met Office recently. This weekend’s warm and sunny weather on Saturday followed by a rainy Sunday was forecast at least a week before it happened.