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The run in to and out of Exmouth was glorious. I had a lovely route back that avoided as much of the A35 as possible, took me through Loders/Uploaders, north of Dorchester and then a run in to Wareham through Clouds Hill, but I was so out of it I just couldn't be bothered. Everything after Lyme Regis pretty much didn't register, so A-road or lane made no difference.
Neil, I would be hesitant about using my Winchester to London stretch. My route was based on braker's rather lovely one (originally by tommy the brick I think), but I thought I'd be clever and try to be more direct on my path in to town from Leatherhead onwards. An error; the route was confusing, stop-start and very much what you don't want at the end of a long ride. Next time I'm finding an A-road, putting my head down and getting on with things. Pre-Leatherhead, all lovely though.
(honestly, use braker's instead. much nicer. here
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Legs feel almost back to normal today, so if I can push some miles tomorrow and Friday I should be in a position to break 500 miles before 10pm Saturday, which'll be my second megaweek of the year. My last was in April, so it'll book-end the season quite nicely.
The only thing that kept me going through Surrey. Combe Lane was the hill I was going on about btw, just east of Guildford. Not really what you want with that many miles in the legs.