Rail Strike - 2x100 km Focus on Two Villages
Thursday 20 July was a rail strike day. Although I’ve completed many 200 km rides without problems, I always like to know that I could get rescued to a rail station. I decided to ride a figure of eight from West London, first west then roughly north-west, never too far from home. My focus for the day was to take photos of two villages and to sample two cafes I’d noticed on previous rides. This 200 km ride would make two enjoyable 100 km rides, easily accessible from the Elizabeth Line.
West London to Great Milton, Wallingford and back
Thursday 2 March was cold but sunny with a hint of warmth in the sun during the afternoon. It would have been an ideal day for my next 200 km ride but I still had planning and preparation to do. With rain, sleet and possibly snow forecast for the week ahead, I decided to ride on Saturday 4 March. This ride would complete my fifth RRtY since taking on this challenge in August 2020.
Out to Boxford, Showers, Torrential Rain, Hail
With the very cold weather forecast for the latter part of January, I decided to ride the second of my three 200 km DIYs on Sunday 8 January. With the Audax RRtY guidance “Miss a month and you have to start again” in my head I felt that Sunday had a “now or never” feel about it.
The weather forecast was for no rain in the morning and only a 24% chance of rain in the afternoon. How wrong the forecast was! It was to be a day of showers, torrential rain, flooding and hail.