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Beautiful day to be out riding. Cold but sunny all day. I left the house about 6:30 (it wasn't sunny then!) and I wore my down gilet under my jacket so that kept me warm. Plus winter boots and overshoes, and three pairs of gloves.
Big turnout for the Willy Warmer, about 150 cards were out on the table.
After the start I caught the fast group in Gerrards Cross. No-one was going mega-fast so I stayed with them until the hill out of Marlow where the group splintered - as it always does.
After about 70km Chris Herbert and Paul Buckley (don't think they're on here) caught me so I speeded up to chat with them. First time I'd seen Paul since the TCR so swapped stories. I waved them goodbye on the hill out of Lambourn, but caught them again at the control. Then at Kintbury they were off again.
So I rode the rest of the way on my own.
Got back just as the light was fading. Temperature was really dropping. Put my down gilet back on for the ride home.
There was one bit of ice right across the road on a downhill which was a bit scary, but no-one fell off (from my group). Otherwise lots of ice in the side of the road but nothing to worry about.