The ride didn't get off to the best start when I got out of my back gate and realised that I hadn't put my spds on. D'oh! It then got worse as 5 minutes later it started to rain. The rain continued and got harder throughout the ride. Still, I had motorhead drowning out the noisy drivetrain on the pompino and my legs were starting to feel better. Kept getting caught at traffic lights but at least that gave me some trackstand practice. After one set of lights I got passed by a couple of guys in GB team kit. They must have been freezing - shorts, no gloves or jacket. Mad. Anyway, one of them turned off at the next set of lights and I sat on the wheel of the other guy for a couple of miles as he was going at a nice steady pace. He didn't seem to mind as he was pointing out potholes and debris for me. Very decent of him. We soon went different ways so I had to battle the wind on my own for the rest of the ride.
Noticed a police car up ahead blocking the sliproad onto the M61 which was ace as it meant I didn't have to fanny around crossing the busy junction - just joined the cyclepath and hopped off the kerb in front of the police car without slowing down. Splendid. Looked down from the bridge to a completely empty motorway, not something you see very often. The rain was really heavy by now so instead of extending the ride as I had planned I headed pretty much straight home to a cup of hot tea and a flapjack :)
Seventeen rides to go.
27km|62mins|Very wet, windy, cool
Rating 6/10
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