Dave 123
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Myself and the boy wonder went out this morning into glorious sunshine. The first part of the route was the last part of yesterday's route. After Barton we carried on up and over Chapel Hill, into Barrington and then on to Orwell. There is a stretch of road out of the village to the A603 that was knackered, pock marked and holey, but they fixed it. Ok, when I say fixed it they put a skim of tar and stones down without filling in the holes. It makes you proud! The same poor road surface, but warmer as you're an inch closer to the sun!
On down the A603 and across the roundabout to a quieter road before turning right and up the bad ass Croydon hill, 10% of pure Cambridgeshire mountain. That's right folks, a mountain, in Cambridgeshire!
Past the big posh house and then a right turn signed for the Gransdens. Last time I used this stretch of down and up road there were a few big wheel bending pot holes, so I duly warned Thomas. In the month since I'd been there they've resurfaced it! The council must have sold the family silver!
This is us approaching the junction at the top of the dip. This is the same junction that I posted the photo of the sign that had been knocked down the other week, that's been fixed too....
Back through The Gransdens where an old granny looked like she'd seen me was about to cross. She then looked the other way at a car turning, she then stepped out toward me.... "Look out!" I yelled.... "Yes, hello dear" was her cheery reply. I think she was just testing my reactions.
I took this pic coming up the resurfaced road. I'd always thought the sun shone out of my arse, turns out it's coming out of my cheek!
30 odd miles today, it felt nice!
https://www.strava.com/activities/458576930
On down the A603 and across the roundabout to a quieter road before turning right and up the bad ass Croydon hill, 10% of pure Cambridgeshire mountain. That's right folks, a mountain, in Cambridgeshire!
Past the big posh house and then a right turn signed for the Gransdens. Last time I used this stretch of down and up road there were a few big wheel bending pot holes, so I duly warned Thomas. In the month since I'd been there they've resurfaced it! The council must have sold the family silver!
This is us approaching the junction at the top of the dip. This is the same junction that I posted the photo of the sign that had been knocked down the other week, that's been fixed too....
Back through The Gransdens where an old granny looked like she'd seen me was about to cross. She then looked the other way at a car turning, she then stepped out toward me.... "Look out!" I yelled.... "Yes, hello dear" was her cheery reply. I think she was just testing my reactions.
I took this pic coming up the resurfaced road. I'd always thought the sun shone out of my arse, turns out it's coming out of my cheek!
30 odd miles today, it felt nice!
https://www.strava.com/activities/458576930
I hope that's the limit of the damage and that you're back on the bike quickly.
though was a bit windy again.
. So they get a
on resilience too. It didn't help that my superb little mini track pump is a screw fit, I could get 100 psi into the tyres, with no big effort, but the only spare tubes I had were (yes, you guessed it) Continental 2 part screw valve types. Fortunately I had a gas inflator and some CO2 canisters, or I'd have been walking home.
