The forecast was wall to wall sunshine all day so I had planned on doing outside jobs but wanted to get a ride in early doors. I drove over to Hamsterley Village and parked up. From there I rode down to Hamsterley Forest where it had clouded over and the temperature dropped to nearly minus -6 degrees! Everything was frozen with a white crispy frost topping. I did not venture too far from the forest drive as I wanted to keep it simple as possible today. Climbing out of the forest onto the moorland I still had no sun and visibility was dropping. I should have had my lights on my bike for the next road section but most of the route back is on very quiet roads apart from one short section of steep incline. Most of the roads were heavily slated just as well as the amount of ice was unreal. About a mile from Hamsterley village the sun decided to come back out, typical but hey ho. I did not drop back into the forest on the return leg like I normally do but plan to get around this loop again this year where I will have more time to play with. All in just under 24 miles in 1hr 47mins with 2000ft of climbing. Below is the route map. Enjoy the few very cold looking snaps below and hopefully more soon-
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