Another sunny day. Took a long, late lunch break and did a Twycrosser. The roads were mostly dry so I decided to take the X. I wanted to do about 23 miles and made it up as I went along with that in mind, but ended up having done 26.84.
Rather cold later on, when the clouds came rolling over. I was back about 15 minutes before sunset.
My knees were a bit painful the whole way round, interestingly. Maybe because I didn’t do all my exercises at the weekend, or perhaps the saddle height on Boardman II, on which I did 22 miles yesterday, had something to do with it. I would normally have taken a rest day today but thought that a moderate distance over a flat route wouldn’t necessitate one.
I noticed last time I came back the same way that there’s a new crash barrier at the top of the hill just south of Heather. The two tall poles in the following pic are holding up overhead electricity lines. Not sure what the two truncated ones behind them are for. Old poles, just replaced perhaps?
My knees will most likely get a couple of days off now anyway.
https://www.strava.com/activities/2823876918
That’s me on 436 this month, which is more than I’ve done in any other month this year except June. Not bad considering the weather. I may yet be able to wring another 20 miles or so out of October.