After a busy several days in the real world etc etc it was a pleasure to get out in the elements for 12 hours yesterday, for month 11 out of 12 of RRTY. Did my DIY route out-and-back from Bristol to Talybont-on-Usk for lunch.
Climbing the Tumble, the headwind nearly brought me to a standstill. Had a few vague safety concerns, but these were mainly combined with the fleeting thought of going down into Abergavenny for fish n chips and a train home, so I ignored this nonsense and carried on wrestling with the bike in an unseemly fashion. A hiker coming down the road greeted me with "lovely day for it eh?", I gave him my hearty agreement.
On top of the Brecon Beacons, the rain was being blown so hard it hurt the visage, when I got home my eyes appeared somewhat red from this. The GPS unit packed up for a while, I gained receipts instead, so the ride is subject to a hybrid validation of paper and GPS. If not then I don't care anyway, and won't be doing another 200k ride before the end of the month