Heading over to his for 9.30 realistically meant a 10 start,
heading out through the local trails and (Very quickly) on to those less well
known we sped past riders out for a Sunday morning ride playing on the newly
opened trails at Lee woods. Heading out
towards the coast and with mentions of cheddar and Mendip being banded about
the day had all the hallmarks of an epic, it became clear that the large bowl
of porridge consumed that morning was going to make its worth known…
As we sped along the strawberry line between Pill and
Cheddar it became clear that we were still in the big ring, not only that but
we had been in it long enough for the other two to become clogged up and almost
slick, wondering how long I could maintain this pace we continued as the clouds
grew closer and the ice cold rain that had been threatening became less threat
and more hale.
The answer to this question became obvious climbing up the
cheddar gorge (Remember the big climb in the cheddar challenge?) as Scott
pulled away from me again I dropped down a cog and came to the conclusion that
if I continued chasing it would put the return leg at risk – as it was now
getting really cold and quite miserable it was decided with the bulk of the off
road done we would ride the rest of the route at our own pace, in the aim of
keeping warm.
7 hours and the think end of 110km later we rolled back into
Bristol , ironically through Ashton court again
and back for a well deserved Bath
Now all I need to so is sort out a bike of my own.
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