Due to bad weather and illness, this was my first ride of the month. By now you will know of my hobby of following the Severn Bore by bike, which I had the chance to do again today.
Having missed a couple of monster bores this week, I was really pleased that, after struggling out to Epney against a strong SW wind this morning, the forecast three star bore turned out to actually be one of the best I've seen for years. You never quite know how they are going to turn out. Today's strong sou'wester was balanced by an already high river level, and this produced a cracker of a wave followed by a really impressive surge that flooded the fields either side of the river.
I like to include a few wildlife shots in my ride reports from time to time. This was certainly my first mermaid sighting:
Once the wave had passed, instead of chasing it upstream I made the snap decision this time to get a 50km qualifying ride in for the Half Century Challenge and to kill two birds with one stone. (NB: No birds were actually harmed, though I almost ran over a squirrel). I rode on down to Arlingham, then Frampton via Priding, catching various views of the rising flood water:
Had every kind of weather today, but it never rained too heavily or for too long. I ended up thoroughly enjoying myself. 32.7 miles. Still in the Challenge. Hopefully I'll get a second ride in before the end of the month.
