Went out on what was undoubtedly my most picturesque ride ever today. Drove down to Moffat with a few others and done a 73 mile loop round some of the most beautiful scenery. Absolutely stunning. There's times when I've been out and thought this is lovely but today was on another level. Glorious sunshine and lots of lochs and hills.
The ride itself was nice too, although pretty slow as we had a few people who don't like hills or going down hills fast. Had to hang around loads at the top of most hills doing abar 7 or 8 mph until everyone got back together again, on bits I'd of been doing abar 40mph on. I actually rode with one of the stragglers for about 4 miles and never got over 16mph, and that was including some lovely descents.
And I wasn't arsed. It was just great being out there. I'll post some pics up but they wont do it justice.
Even the 20% hill didn't phase me :-). It hurt me but I done it.
I'd stopped to take pics and bombed it to catch up with everyone. I caught them, knacked, just as we came to the 20% sign :-).
At the end I was flying up the hills for some reason. (maybe because I'd done some proper nutrition for a change). There's a guy whos I consider a bit of a hill monster and I was on his wheel all the way up the hills over the last 15m. I reckon I could have took him like but didn't have a clue if we had any big hills left that I'd have been fucked on. He was probably gonna crack like Niba... :-). Or not Max.
Anyway loved it today and was actually a bit disappointed when it was over.
Made up for yesterdays disappointment, and if any of you slackers ever do a RAWK ride away from your doorsteps then I'll take yous on this one.
http://www.strava.com/activities/168540433
