Early morning Sunday local road ride on the winterised Bowman Pilgrims

What a week of rain it has been. Nothing all summer or Autumn but it has rained every single day here in County Durham this week. Not too worry, no miles but yesterday I spent the morning in the man cave converting bikes ready for the winter fitting mud guards and winter knobbly tyres. Once it dried up it was time to clean out and wash the van and car, turned out to be a lovely afternoon. The sun even popped out for a while, first time in 7 days.
As for todays local road ride I was out before 6 am and it was not that cold to start with but there was a steady breeze. Once up at Kelloe the mist was rolling in the temperature dropped from 7 degrees down to 2 degrees. It was also pitch black on the  un light back country lanes. Once I dropped through Cassop and down to Ludworth on the back road the daylight come in from no where and was an amazing sky. I had my Northwave artic winter road boots on and Endura leggings, just as well as it was nippy half way around the loop. All in just under 29 miles and the Bowman was riding well, just needs a couple of tweeks - garmin speed senor arm needs adjusting, cable tension on the front mech and small rattle from rear mud guard. Below are a few pics (again the camera did not like the dark) enjoy and more soon -