Winter sun local road ride

Firstly apologies for the lack of blogs of late been very busy with jobs around the house - more carpet / underlay, new internal doors, new lights etc etc and plenty more jobs to come during 2016. Ben very busy at work and Angus has also bought his first car so that took a little sorting out but a very quick and smooth transaction thanks to Stokesley Motors again.
Onto todays ride, well the gale force winds have finally died down to less than 20mph and the sun has finally came out so I dragged myself out for a steady spin around the country back lanes of Tow Law area. The weather was that good I decided to take out the Cannondale Nano Black Ltd Ed for the ride but the road conditions were not the best with plenty of road salt, mud, manure etc. When I got in later I washed and dried the bling machine and tucked it away ready for the next time. There is still a very cold wind and when you are in the shade its real nippy out there, overall a very pleasant 2500+ft of climbing.
Below are a few pics from ride, enjoy and hopefully more soon-

puddles at the side of the road were still frozen

the owl has finally lost its xmas clothing

salty dry roads in the sunny sections

lovely clear skies today

plenty mud from the tractors coming off the fields

some downhill after the uphills

new road booties, more info soon