I got back just before 2 with 54 miles on, a ride over to Earlswood with a liberal dose of rule 9, I'm either a bad ass or a silly old sod. The ride out was slow and into a stiff breeze, I picked a pedalling rhythm and just slogged into it, there was a small section of Nuthurst road that was flooded but it wasn't to deep or to long, just enough to give me wet feet, by the time I arrived at the cafe the sun had gone and it had clouded over. I came out the cafe and the rain had set in so I decided to head home using the route out rather than do the planned route through Danzey Green, by the time I'd got to Bushwood Lane the rain had turned to hail and it was stinging my face as I rode the descent down past the stream, even on the fixed that descent is good for 30mph, but not today, I had to cap my speed at 25mph because of the hail, by the time I'd got to Packwood House the sun had come out, by the time I got to Baddesley Clinton it was raining again, and that was the pattern all the way home, sunshine and showers, but it was a much easier ride home and I spent a lot of it with a tail wind. It was nice to get out but I'll be glad when we get some better weather, these bad weather rides are seriously knackering.