colly said:
I hate to gloat but my better half had a lovely roast leg of lamb waiting for me when I got in, complete with a nice bottle of red and some really nice berries and cream.
Well, I suppose that's one of the benefits of being married.
I, of course, can be very selfish and go out whenever I like without having to take a partner's feelings into account.
In an ideal world, I would opt for life-sharing and free-time-negotiation but for now I'll make the most of what I've got.
Here's a picture of us at Almscliff Crag (L-R: Me, colly, Calum):
And here's one showing the waves on Eccup reservoir:
We only averaged 17.6 kph (about 11 mph) on the way out to Otley. We stopped for about 30 minutes at the cafe there and then that slow climb up to Weston Moor with that vicious gusting wind really slowed us down for the first part of the return leg, until we turned and finally caught more of a tailwind. Despite bombing along at times, we only averaged 16 kph (10 mph) riding back into Leeds.
Early on the descent to Askwith I hit 47 kph (29 mph). I'd normally do a lot more than that going down that kind of hill but that sidewind was scary. I made sure that I was well towards the centre of the road since the wind was coming from our right and I wanted plenty of room. I almost caught those two club riders that had passed us, but after a gust of wind sent me halfway across the road, I decided to be sensible and did the rest of the descent at 20-40 kph (12.5-25 mph).
Thanks for the lift out of the city centre in the morning colly. It wasn't a bad run back to the station in the evening - fewer cars and it was mainly downhill.