Was fun had? Better weather than 2006, IIRC
A good, if surprisingly difficult day. I last did it in 2006 as my first Audax and remember it being rather easy. Maybe this year my lack of performance was down to the half a bottle of wine I drank the night before (oops) or the fact that, on the 2nd section, I was out on my own and actually had to pedal downhill.
However, the weather held off, I only got caught in a couple of short hail showers, the food was as excellent as I remembered it to be, the scenery around Chipping Norton and Uffington is beautiful and I managed to tag along with the West Oxon CTCers for the final stretch, making it a lot easier and helping me get in under 6 hours. I was hoping to get in under 5 though - must ride my bike more!
I rode to and from the start from Oxford so in grand total the mileage for the day was a gnats whiskers short of 160km, so I'm going to claim my first Imperial century of the year. Hurrah!
