I've just looked at the route and the weather forecast, looks like it will be *
above freezing* for most of Friday and all Saturday.
I have a gritted route but it inevitably removes all the fun from the ride as it's main roads on a Saturday morning with the traffic
I will still be on studs anyway as I CBA to swap over tyres again just for one day and I like the noise
Rough route is:
Depart 'spoons 10:00
Maldon Rd out of Witham to Does Corner
Ashfields to Hoe Mill
Along the Northern Escarpment of TMNH
Down Doggers Lane
Under the A12 in to Baddow for 11s, beer with coffee option, depart just before 12
Out via the Radar and up and down to Swan Lane, past the animals heading up again...
Along the COR to the old church
Along the road and then back under the A12 bringing us to The Viper. ETA just before 13:00
Depart around 15:00 for 26km through some lanes up a road to more lanes, past some animals and arrive at SH for just before 17:00
For anyone not wanting to tackle the tame COR and miss out on the animals they can head on from Swan Lane basecamp to Ivy Barns and then follow that to The Viper, you'll probably arrive 10-15mins before us though
(times based on about 19kph)