Average speed 12.6mph
Total Ascent 1037m
The first thing i noticed this morning was the slightest merest hint of a hangover. What what what?! I hear you say! Fear not, if breakfast didn't dispell it, the first few miles certainly did. Today I was riding into a nasty headwind and the sun no longer had his hat on.
Reason(s) for hangover was a glass of red with my meal then two pints in the bar. This is actually not normally hangover material - but one of the pints was a Firebrand IPA - circa 9% - delicious and deadly!
Ok so ive got a nasty headwind. But whats this? A cycle tour group? Surely i can get some shelter and draft them for a while! Er no. These guys had a support vehicle so were not carrying any weight. Therefore the ones who'd be good for drafting behind were also impossible for me to stick with on the many steep little (and not so little before a place called Jenner) climbs.
Ah well, i was happy enough with the occasional chat and shelter...tbc
OK, now that Rab C is on my mind, I'm thinking that you need to counteract any headwind by creating your own tailwind. :-)
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