Audax rides

Winter Solstice done. I was going to write a full report but here's the TL;DR version.

• Stockport-Middlewwch was fun because the twons are so closely spaced that you tick them off very fast and I knew where I was going without a routesheet
  
• Nantwich-Market Drayton was SHIT into a headwind with fuck all to see. Also bonked a bit because I forgot to eat - AGAIN.
  
• Market Drayton-Tarporley was similarly mentally tiring, plus I was physically knackered at having ridden into a headwind in what was in hindisght to big a gear.
  
• Tarporley-Stockport in the dark was a lot more fun as I latched onto a bunch and got back to ticking off towns that I knew. The absolute highlight was overtaking the bloke I only knew off a YouTube video as the organiser of the Pendle 600
  . Probably my favourite YT video ever.
  
  

Why don't these 200s get any easier? This is my 4th one and I've never felt I could go on to do a 300.