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@Benj
I had just over three hours to get some riding in yesterday after a long and tiresome car journey to Devon, involving massive traffic jams and much back seat whinging
It was sunny and reasonably warm, but windy. I began the long drag from Exeter to Mortonhampstead into a stinker of a head wind, which got worse the further and higher I got into Dartmoor. The wind got so bad on the high moor that I found myself crawling along at a painfully slow pace. By the time I got to the point where I turned back I felt spent and was beginning to dread the thought of Widecombe climb.
This was my third ascent of Widecombe and it was as bad as I remember it being. Just over a mile of 10% average gradient with a few spells at 20% for good measure. I didn't have the legs to push very hard but I made respectable progress and once I crested the top I knew that the worst of the climbing was behind me. I now had a following wind and the anticipation of booze and dinner in my mind. I was able to crack on and managed to turn my embarrassing average speed into something a little more respectable.
It is beautifully sunny this morning and we will be heading out for a family ride to exmouth and back along the cycle path. Flat all the way - sweet!
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