Yesterday was my first Audax, a 150 brevet populaire round up to a 100 miles with
LucretiaMyReflection aka Claire.
Had a rush even before leaving home as there were lots of train cancellations so quickly finished grabbing everything and scooted down to the station, unfortunately Claire missed my message and as I was sitting on the train saw her on the platform just as the train was leaving; fotunately she made other arrangements and actually arrived at the HQ before me as I had popped of at Cambridge to nab a coffee before getting another to Cambridge South and a short ride to Haslingfield to sign in.
Stayer and Fairlight ready to go;
Riders ready for briefing;
Lot's of bods there and finally after the 200 riders were gone we had the briefing from organiser Yasmin and we were off in hazy sunshine after the early mist had worn off.Light headwind but the cool air was welcome as we meandered out of Cambridge over the Gogs and onward East io the first control and on in to Suffolk.
Looking back to Cambridge from the top of the Gog-Ma-Gog hill/Worts Causeway.
Once in to Suffolk plenty of old buildings and big corn fields;
House dated 1614 on the junction between Little and Great Thurlow.
Big skies and wheat fields on the way to Lavenham.
Was also an architectural dig going on ;
https://melfordheritage.org.uk/bridge-street-dig-2025/
Terrain was now rolling with some sharp inclines as we headed to the next control in Lavenham;
After a quick snack, drink and toilet break it was Back West on to Long Melford for more sustenance;
Drinks and sandwiches at Cafe Higge
Was now getting warmer as we left and headed out over the Stour and the next control at The Blue Egg at Great Barfield.
Part two with more pics will come tomorrow as have run out of time tonight to finish this.
