Tell us about your weekend ride

80ish miles out to Clacton-on-Sea today for Corlis Benefideo, OldSchoolRacer, Fox, Hats and I. Things were going swimmingly until around midday when the heavens opened and we were gifted with sheets of rain. It did (eventually) let up, but not until we'd had our fill of hailstones; the wet stuff returned later with a vengeance and brought a couple of thunderstorms too.

Great ride, great to be out and I feel good. It's better riding in rain than it is in hot sun. (Chevrons, go back to Scotland, etc...). Somone with a Garmin and a love of data will no doubt be along to quantify things later. Corlis has a few photos too, which he may share.

Here is a small collection of stats...

Distance: 85.2 miles (though this is from my house... so the actual ride was about 78 miles)
Average speed: 14.9 mph
Wee stops: at least 5, thanks to one of us having a bladder like a walnut (naming no names...)
Envious looks given to OSR’s Batmobile: countless
Olympic teams seen: 1 (Italian)
Number of pubs: 2, only one of which we were allowed into
Kestrels: 1
Hailstorms: 1
Torrential rain: too much
Swimming in the sea: none (see “torrential rain” above)
Clever person who brought spare dry socks for the train: only one

Can’t think of anything else insightful to add, other than to say it was a fun day out despite the occasionally horrendous weather.