Hard work but very rewarding. As this was my first big ride post covid decided to take it easy to start with, which turned out to be a good idea. Battling the headwind too hard would have been miserable. BAtcombe was a new hill to me, Alfred's Tower I remember from the Porkers where it comes at 300km. Pleased to see that my climbing legs were still working albeit slowly. Rode it as a two stop (Yeovil and Mere) which was about right. The cakes in the tea shop in Mere were stunning and got me all the way back, although I ran out of steam on the hills back to the Hunter's Rest at Clutton. Good to meet Hot Flatus and also Will, a fellow designer of an SR600 route.
Hard but good early season day out.