Following last week's 100 mile ride to Portland, while I may be feeing quietly confident about the Etape Loch Ness in 3 weeks, I know I can not be complacent and still need to put in the training miles. I was, therefore, out this morning riding with fellow AVPers, Kelly, Chris, Clive and Kevin on one of my favourite 40 mile circuits. This is the one which takes in Sidmouth seafront, the old A30 to Honiton, coffee & cake at the Boston Tea Party, the long climb up to Stockland and the idilic cycle back to the Broom Wagon via Kilmington.
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| Bikes on Sidmouth seafront |
Normally, a ride with Clive would be a full on blast up hill and down dale leaving one spluttering for breath or spat out the back! But with Clive inspired to follow in my wheel tracks and do his own run out to Portland tomorrow, he was happy just to spin his legs and do a traditional JRB ride & coffee stop .. it was refreshing to see this more relaxed side of him, although if anyone showed signs of beating him to the top of a rise, he was still unable to resist taking it to a winning sprint!
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| 3 Wise Men (?) at the Boston Tea Party Coffee Stop |
After a couple of frustrating AVP rides, it was good to finally have a group ride where we all worked together ... and while feeling the effects of a slight chest cold, I was pleased with a sub 3.5 hour ride over 45 miles and 3k ft of climb .. we had fun too!
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