Day 148 - Around the World

Well another day down and the late afternoon / evening ride is again the order of the day. It has been great to see the torrential rain of this morning dry up sufficiently for me to return to the road this afternoon. My route was the same as yesterday with the exception that I took a slight detour to see the Seaton Hole gang. Unfortunately the Hole was empty so I returned to the main road to complete my circuit.

Overall, my split times were quicker than yesterday. I think a very late lunch worked well for me here and something else I've realised is that I have far more energy later in the day than in the morning before breakfast. This is obviously down to a lack of fuel between waking and eating, one reason why I always pack a few Jelly Babies in my back pocket!

As I type here, I have ITV4's The Cycle Show playing. This week's show is dedicated to woman's cycling and I've just been introduced to Liz Dimmock who is hanging up her corporate suit to cycle around the world, 18,621 miles in 150 days, averaging 120 miles a day! I've thought it would be fun to ride across France and have looked on enviously as one of my old colleagues has just completed a London to Paris cycle ride, but to ride around the world, that's extreme!

Back to this afternoon's ride, just over ten and a half miles is good enough for me on a school night ;) and thanks Book Munchin for the route art suggestion .. "a wistful beaver with a grumpy parrot on his head!"

Stats: 10.67 mi, 49m:50s, Avg 12.8 mph, Max 30.2, 552 kcal