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Rode up to my mums house in Hull on Saturday, trained it back down from Doncaster the following day. Set off at 7am in the rain, which lasted for the first 40 miles or so. Pace was very conservative which helped avoid sweating like a bastard inside my Castelli rain cape. Got a bit lost through Kings Lynn. Must remember to map a route that avoids busy town centres.
Very demoralising headwinds around mile 70 until we reached Spalding, we struggled to hit 10mph for about half an hour. It seemed to take ages to get to mile 80.
After passing through Spalding and on to Surfleet the wind was behind us and we suddenly went from 15mph avg to pushing 18/19/20 mph quite effortlessly. Went through various stages of rain, but on the whole the weather was quite kind in spite of what the forecast had been saying for the days leading up.
Highlights were the stretch alongside the River Witham, the 10% Walesby Hill which seemed to come out of nowhere 130 miles in and the nice long freewheel'tastic descent alongside Humberside Airport.
Arrived in Hull around 20:20 after 13 hours on the road, 11 in the saddle. Beer & pizza very welcoming.