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I won a new frame on Ebay last week, and it was in Maidstone. I decided to ride down to pick it up, starting with roads I knew from previous rides, and then mapping out what looked like a good route for the rest using RidewithGPS - which is a really excellent tool.
Set off at 7:30am this morning, which meant my body thought it was actually 6:30am. As I had tired myself out riding round in circles yesterday, I got to bed before 11pm yesterday, so I was actually quite well prepared. The weather in London, and the first bit of Kent was glorious - amazing clear skies and crisp air.
The route was great, some really tiny single-lane roads with a line of mud in the middle, some nice, wide straight bits, and Swanton Lane, which is probably my new favourite stretch of road - nice smooth tarmac through a birch forest, with a rollercoaster drop as a payoff at the end.
It got less crisp and more cold feeling the deeper I headed in to Kent, and by the time I reached Maidstone, there was a full-on but very brief blizzard. Summer time is here!
When I got to the place to pick up my frame, the seller and his wife were really great. Friendly, interested, interesting, and best of all, they gave me a cup of tea and some toast and marmalade.
Nice train ride home, and I'm back already, with a full afternoon of doing absolutely fuck all to look forward to. Happy Easter!
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