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@BringMeMyFix
Wanted to get out early and do a solo century in 5 hours today. The going was annoyingly stop-starty on the way out of town, followed by random fucking roadworks in the middle of nowhere and shit, so I could tell early on the 20mph average wasn't going to happen. It was quite blowy out there too in some places.
Didn't plan a route. Headed out to Epping Forest, ambled round a bit, dropped down through Theydon and then round some lanes till I joined the A113 (?) and followed it to Ongar; then Rodings, Dunmow (quick detour past my old house, with a suitable air of sombreness); then along what used to be the A120, through Takely, and down into Bishops Stortford (decided against dropping in unannounced on my Auntie Joan, as there's no such thing as a quick stop at her place); up a short sharp hill in a massive gear, and across to Much Hadham; back through Hunsdon to Roydon, then dropped down towards the River Lea, and joined the Crooked Mile to Waltham Abbey; then up Daws Hill in what was by then a difficult gear, and got the train at Chingford.
76 miles in 3h58, so 19.2mph average. Was getting hot towards the end, and I'm fucking covered in thunderbugs. Good to be out there empathazing with hippy, sort of.