I finally got out yesterday and it felt tough. fairly breezy and steady away but opted for a route that took me onto some of Crewe's worst traffic hot-spots. The roads were deadly and even though there was at times a cycle path, the path was full of garbage, pebbles, twigs etc. This slowed any real progress, and then I had a blow-out due to one of the huge pot-holes that was unavoidable. The wheel was lucky not to be fooked too. So Although I've only done a couple of hundred mile I've had to repair 3 punctures. God I hate the roads around the shytehole known as Crewe.
Anyway due to the wind, slow progress on congested cycle ways with families enjoying a day out, and then the puncture, I only managed 19-mile but it felt good getting out there again.