A windy day, but almost warm. Not the right conditions for a long one, but I thought to do 20 or 30. Since the wind was coming from the west I did the southbound route. I thought I’d go to the corner of Kirkby Lane and come back, but I ended up going along to Desford, then across to Kirkby Mallory. Then up the usual way from Bosworth, except that I came back through Swepstone and Ibstock.
The weather forecast had led me to expect that the risk of rain was very slight, but I did get hit by a couple of heavy showers. However both my clothing and the bike dried off fairly quickly in the high velocity (almost) warm air, which I found quite cathartic.
Quite enjoyable, something a bit different from the usual run down to (or round) Twycross. I took the X, as I wanted to test a modification I’d made to the angle of the bars. A bit more comfortable now.
https://www.strava.com/activities/3499441087
30.14 miles, 515 this month.
In other news: Strava’s route planner, which I use all the time, has undergone an overhaul. It’s now out of “experimental” mode and has some new features. It looks a lot different as well. Most significantly, it’s now a paid feature instead of free, which I guess is fair enough. I can’t edit any of the routes I already have set up in there. I can still export them to GPX files though, so all is not lost. There are a number of free alternatives so I’ll check those out before I invest in a paid Strava account.