Rest day on Friday for a longer ride today as the forecast was looking good. Up early and away out the door just before sunrise. A few miles into the ride the sunrise was fantastic which was a good start to the ride. The ground was frozen in places with an overnight frost but where it was sheltered there was still plenty of soft mud! We headed over to Broompark and up the old railway line to East Hedley Hope, then a off road farm track upto Towlaw. The wind was blowing a gale and straight into our faces which made it very hard going on the open / exposed sections. From Towlaw we did a road section instead of crossing over the Moor as the last section will have been under 2ft of water. The country lanes were like an ice rink, had to take it very steady. It was then back onto farm tracks to join in about 2/3rds up the Waskerley Way. From here it was straight down to Consett, turn right then back to Broompark & home. We had to have a refuel at Lanchester as our legs were running low on energy by this point. Great 39miler is some serious headwind, icy roads & freezing cold. It was that cold with the windchill factor i didnt take that many photos but below are a few, enjoy
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| Sunrise just before 8.30am |
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| Energy Bar frozen by the time we got to Tow Law |
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| Ideal shelter from the wind |
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| Didnt stop long here, you could hardly stand up |
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| Lanchester food stop |
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| Cooling the pies down in the wind, they had just come out of the oven |
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| Nearly home, only another 4 miles |
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