My first audax event in nearly a year and what a cracker!
Great route (of course, any ride starting within the M25 is going to need to do a little bit of less enjoyable roads to get us in and out of London, but the route taken was just fine). Once out of London, it was a great ride in some lovely countryside. Many of the areas were familiar, but actually few of the roads.
A great day of weather, warm and sunny all day. Little bit of headwind nagging us towards the turn, but nothing too horrible.
The bit around the military lands were quite interesting, even saw a bunch of soldiers marching with all their gear - looked hot.
The route is not terribly hilly and will make a great PBP qualifier.
Great to see some old friends and chat with some new faces.
The day equated to over 11% of my 2017 mileage; so I was quite pleased to get around reasonably quickly and without too many issues (arms were a little sore).
Food at the finish was superb.
Big thanks to all involved and look forwards to the rest of the SR coming together.
Let me see if I can fit in another audax event before July 2018.
