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Gustav
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I rode a gravel route to Canterbury yesterday.
I had planned to re-ride my latest version of the Brighton and back to Horsham route that I trialled in July but all my riding buddies were doing that work thing so I decided to give a new route a go as I prefer to test out new rides on my own.
The route I had found started at the amusingly named Titsey Hill which is 30 km from my front door so I used the first part of The Bartlett, another route I have already ridden twice this year to get to the aforementioned humorously named hill.
After a chilly start that saw me wearing my rain jacket for the first time since May it soon warmed up. The route is a mix of tarmac and gravel which I haven't checked the data on but felt like circa 50:50 which given the length of the ride was actually quite welcome.
It was a big day out not helped by a few puncture issues but ultimately a great ride. Quite a lot of climbing (1,860 m) particularly Bluebell hill and White hill which was a real kick in the teeth appearing 114 km into a 132 km ride.
Would ride again although certain parts of it would not be fun during a wet winter.