Saturday night I checked the forecast for this morning and it was looking ok. I pumped the tyres up, checked the lights and the bike was ready to roll. Sunday I was up and out by 7am and it was dark, windy but not too cold. The Garmin hovered around 4 to 5 degrees for the whole ride. I was planning on doing my normal local villages loop but took a detour on the outward leg from the Cock of the North to Coxhoe. The roads were quiet with only a few cars out and about early on. There was quite a few fellow cyclists out by the time I was heading back through Carville / Belmont way. The wind also picked up and the temperature felt colder. I had plenty layers on and my winter tights, winter boots, everything winter really. All in 35 miles, just under 2000ft of climbing and 2hrs 15mins in the saddle.
Once back home me and Jane had a spin up to Gilesgate to Tesco's for some shopping / look around, then over to the new Range and called in past Screwfix on the way back. Once back home it was on with outside jobs including washing and lubing the bike up. Picked up my mums car and washed / hoovered, cleaned and serviced it ready for its MOT next Saturday. After that it is going up for sale- Chevrolet Matiz SE 1.0, registered 29.1.2010, 9850 miles, full service history, one owner from new. Make me an offer if you are interested.
Below are a few snaps from the ride and a short video clip, enjoy and hopefully more soon -
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