Lovely conditions out there today so I needed to get out and ride. Not the ride I had in mind though due to looking after a furry fiend.
All well known roads so that there was no navigation to do and I headed out to Condover initially, then Atcham, Upton Magna, Walcot, Eaton Constantine, Cressage, Cound Moor, Acton Burnell, Pitchford and back via Condover again.
No complaints about the driving today
apart from; where the hell did all that traffic come from?
It was like being out at rush hour and there were streams of traffic down lanes I'd usually have pretty much to myself. On the plus side there were quite a few other cyclists out and about too (well, a lot for round here anyway).
I took a little detour through Attingham Park which is always nice and it looked like they were having a bumper day with the number of visitors they had.
After Upton Magna, things quietened down a bit and it was nice to cruise along at speed on the flat. I mentioned the other day about possibly changing the Raleigh back onto Marathons - well, I did and today was the first proper trip out with them. I can feel the extra weight when trying to get up to speed but I don't think they are actually any slower than the Voyager Hypers I've been running for the last year or so. They are also nice and quiet but you do feel every bump in the road.
Today I
didn't have a headwind through Eaton Constantine so could enjoy the descent through the village and then onwards to Cressage. Cressage to Acton Burnell is never very quick due to being uphill most of the way (and often against the wind too) but you get a good fast run through Pitchford to make up for that.
32.32 miles today (like that figure
) at 15.4 mph average, making it my quickest ride for a few weeks.
Just a couple of snaps while out today.
Approaching Attingham up the main drive.
The Wrekin from near Acton Burnell
Rosie. The furry fiend stopping me from doing a longer ride today.