Solihull 100.
Rode my SWorks.
First INFO wasn’t the inscription on the stone cross. It was the chap’s name on the memorial bench at the foot of a 12% incline.
I’d gone out ahead. A Solihull member had a P*re and most of the peleton stopped to assist.
A lady from the Beacon CC went off fast from the start. I caught her up just after Hampton Lucy. I went on to reach the first INFO ahead of everyone and stopped to read the half inch tall engraving which wasn’t visible from the road. As I said, the memorial bench was at the foot of a 12% hill. I used my 39 ring for the first and last time to get going up the hill away from the INFO.
That first INFO was the furthest point from HQ. The question’s answer was hardly visible due to the plaque being tarnished, until one was leant over the bench. Can anyone give a reason?
Other than that, the route was a ‘millpool’ and I was on the 53 ring all the way home.
The crowd caught me up at the Stamp Control in Kineton. I got away while they were queuing for drinks.
The next time I saw someone was at the third INFO. It was the lady from the Beacon and another chap wearing an orange and blue cap….?
I took the direct route back to HQ and arrived in 4hrs 28 mins.
My calc sheet said I should have finished in 4hrs 46mins. I should have taken a second coffee stop somewhere. Kenilworth Starbucks perhaps.
Rode my SWorks.
First INFO wasn’t the inscription on the stone cross. It was the chap’s name on the memorial bench at the foot of a 12% incline.
I’d gone out ahead. A Solihull member had a P*re and most of the peleton stopped to assist.
A lady from the Beacon CC went off fast from the start. I caught her up just after Hampton Lucy. I went on to reach the first INFO ahead of everyone and stopped to read the half inch tall engraving which wasn’t visible from the road. As I said, the memorial bench was at the foot of a 12% hill. I used my 39 ring for the first and last time to get going up the hill away from the INFO.
That first INFO was the furthest point from HQ. The question’s answer was hardly visible due to the plaque being tarnished, until one was leant over the bench. Can anyone give a reason?
Other than that, the route was a ‘millpool’ and I was on the 53 ring all the way home.
The crowd caught me up at the Stamp Control in Kineton. I got away while they were queuing for drinks.
The next time I saw someone was at the third INFO. It was the lady from the Beacon and another chap wearing an orange and blue cap….?
I took the direct route back to HQ and arrived in 4hrs 28 mins.
My calc sheet said I should have finished in 4hrs 46mins. I should have taken a second coffee stop somewhere. Kenilworth Starbucks perhaps.