Good news everyone, this week’s going to be short and sweet. Not because there’s nothing to talk about, there’s always something going on, but because what there is, is more of the same, and if I’m not careful I’m going to get behind again!
The main event for the weekend was the Hailsham Venta 300km Audax and not just a bog standard Audax, but a special one in to commemorate 100 years since the first official 300km Audax! Alright, it was hardly a celebration, but we did have special edition Brevet cards in recognition of the originals and did get a nice little memento to lug around the route with me.
There’s not a great deal to say about the day to be honest, the sun shone, the wind picked up in the afternoon, but by that time I was over halfway round and enjoyed a tail wind for most of the way back. The route was pretty flat for the first and last sections, with just a few lumps in the middle to slow proceedings down slightly, but certainly enough to cause any problems. And with the ideal conditions, great route choices and pretty scenery to occupy my mind, it turned out to be a fast day with the entire 300Km knocked off in exactly 14 hours, which is pretty fast for me!
I suppose it’s worth mentioning the incredulous look and baffled questioning from the service station cashier at the final checkpoint (approximately 170 miles), who’s innocent “Been far”, question earned the response of “Just 170 miles, with a few more to go yet”. Prompting a few rounds of “How far?”, “Miles?”, “That’s nuts” etc. And a similar brief conversation with someone else whilst I sat in the sun having an ice cream at the halfway point. Oh, and despite having said there’s not much to tell you about the ride, I can’t let it pass without mention of the warm welcome, great catering and outstanding cake selection at the 200km control point courtesy of the organiser’s wife. Outstanding doesn’t actually do their efforts justice!
Sunday was just a non-descript too. By the time I’d got home, gone shopping, had a couple of hours on the allotment catching up with the watering, made some jam from the first of the Strawberries and raspberries (strawberry/raspberry jam isn’t recommended, but it will be Ok in my morning porridge) and generally pottered around for a bit, that was the day done.
See, I told you, all pretty unexciting in the big scheme of things. I’m off to pastures new next weekend for a 400 km Audax which will hopefully give me something more interesting to talk about. Until them though you’ll just have to amuse yourself with a few pictures from the garden and a little bit of bodgery, making a new garden seat from an old one which was just fit for firewood.
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Paul PerrattOld enough to know better, young enough to still feel invincible, stupid enough to keep on trying the same thing again and again. Cyclist, Gardener, Runner, Hiker, Cook, Woodworker, Engineer, Jack of all trades and master of none, Anti social old git and all round miserable bugger. Archives
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