Just back from the Jalsa Ghar.
A lovely night's riding. Met up with Tomsk and Auntie Helen at the S&C after seriously hooning it fron Witham station - breaking my average speed record for my Globe city bike (18.0 mph ... 0.5 faster than the prior best ... I woudln't be unhappy to see that on my road bike
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A swift half of stoker's ale to keep me going (and a pint of water since i'd forgotten to fill my water bottle at work) and we set off for Dunmow via a grand route of Tomsk's devising.
AH, Tomsk and I arrived at the CURRY house just after 8:30, where chief and mrs chief were awaiting us. Several pints of Doom Bar, a Lamb curry flavoured with Naga chilis (EDIT: Lamb Kushbo, IIRC and very nice it was too) and some cheesy peas later, I set off home. I decided not to try and reverse Tomsk's route since I didn't want to end up in Sudbury by mistake, so took a route that I mostly knew via Felsted, Great Leighs & Terling.
Just over 40 miles, 14.1 mph average.
Many thanks to Tomsk for the route -- I'll have to track it down on my OS map to see which particular lanes those were. I particularly enjoyed the roads round the airfield -- that long straight one could be a real blast if in the mood