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@Oliver Schick
That was unusual today. I went out in armwarmers and a gilet and kept them on all day.
About 99.5 miles from Upper Clapton to Sible Hedingham and back. When I got back, I briefly thought whether I should ride around the block a few times for a full century but decided that not doing so would make me feel better for not having been silly.
Funnily enough, I spotted a mate of Skully's called James on the Lea Bridge Road just before I got to the Princess of Wales to wait for my friend. We got chatting because a driver had a picture of his/her car taken just ahead of us. This is very nice. I'm sure many drivers would like to have more pictures of their cars taken while they're driving them.
We then spotted BMMF just north of Fyfield plus assorted other spots--some massive tractor-like contraption with extremely tall wheels whose purpose was unknown to me. It had about six feet of ground clearance and some sort of machinery on top. It was wider than a normal traffic lane and was being driven at speed towards us down a hill outside of Great Bardfield (I think). The usual array of speeding motorcyclists was out (lots of very sensible motorcyclists, too), with some idiots hooning it past us at ridiculous speeds--not that this was a surprise to me, or to anyone who rides out there regularly. Lots of bike riders on some kind of sportive or charity ride coming towards us, too.
We had surprisingly good cafe food at the Corner Cafe in Sible Hedingham and later stopped for a pint at the Axe & Compasses.
Nice ride, slightly unusual weather, but not half bad all things considered.