Yes, a cracking summer indeed. In fact, it's generally been a year of firsts for me:
First ride across a border (into Wales)
First trips to nearby places I hadn't cycled to before: Ellesmere, Wem, Shawbury, Market Drayton, Whitchurch, Oswestry, Melverley, Knockin, Welshpool and over the Long Mountain (not to be confused with the Long Mynd which I ride regularly).
First ride over the Hardknott and Wrynose passes.
First metric and imperial centuries.
My mileage could have been better still if I hadn't lost most of April to illness (that included a few firsts I would rather not have experienced

) and if we'd had slightly better weather in March and May, but you can't have everything.