Further to the limited contribution I managed yesterday, thanks to Paul for organizing the HQ facilities and the ride, really enjoyed the ride even though I was grinding away in the single digit clicks most of the day!
Also thanks to iroiromono for pointing it out in the calendar as I wouldn't have entered with out him doing so.
It was a stiff challenge in a part of England that really has to question Lord Byron's claims of it being "tame and domestic" (or perhaps he considered the dales to not be beautiful, he did of course rove those mountains afar).
Hopefully I'll be back down for some more audaxes in the Lakes and Dales in the near future.
I've not put much into climbing this year, so not massively surprised that the Buttertubs beat me twice when the gradient was over 20%, also failed on both sides of the Lecht this year at similar steepnesses despite having got up them before; (stopping on Fell foot Brow was the photo opportunity beating the will to keep going rather than running out of legs, honest!)
Legs are still fine (was fearing DOMS) but still feeling the effort in general energy levels now!
Looking forward to the Borders at the weekend for some slightly more forgiving climbs and then my hiking club's weekend back in the lakes at Low Hall Garth in Little Langdale!
Borders of Fife no longer provisional so that's my Brevet 2000 sorted, and if my maths are right I've done enough 100s and 150s for Brant and Slape to get me Brevet 3000 too
(I did 2x200s as a non-AUK member and didn't realize I could have had them added to my record for 2017 until after the cut off)
Only got 4 200s planned for the 2019 season so far so Brevet 4000 may take a tad longer!