I put in an hour in the gym yesterday and was expecting to feel stiff this morning, but all limbs and back were OK! The morning sped by and most of the afternoon too in typical Monday fashion so it was late afternoon again before I got out - into more than half a gale!
I wasn't intending to go far and the 8 miles I achieved felt more like 16! I chose the Kehelland loop into the wind so that I would be blown home and noted at one stage that I reached only 8mph pedalling hard downhill but 8.5mph going up after I'd turned a couple of corners!
After Ramsgate I was doing so well with the following wind, it seemed sensible to keep going - up to Beacon! I usually struggle on this route as I near the top, but not today - so I was glad I'd made the effort! At least it was all downhill to town, past the railway station and Richard Trevithick's statue outside the library, then the last mile home.
I'd forgotten to look out for a photo earlier, but almost home, I came across the 'bath tub sentry box' which made me think of AA Milne's 'They're Changing Guard at Buckingham Palace'!!
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