I had quiate an early start yesterday and went out for ride with Lea Valley CC, it wasthe slow group all very friendly, but it’s actually confirmed that despite almost a month off my bike due to snow and bitterly cold weather I’m still a lot fitter than I actully give myself credit for.
A really nice group of people though and I also learnt a nice way out to the back roads I like to use in Essex for solo rides, which is both easy to remember and not as nasty as some of the other ways I’ve gone. We called in at the excellent Hoghill Circuit, it’s about 40 minutes away from home so just the right distance for me to get too for any cx races next season which is excellent, good cheap coffee as well, well filter and 70p a cup nice cake too although I didn’t indulge. We minced about so long outside that my legs turned blue so after a bit of a pootle I shot off of the front to head home.
I got lots of nice cheese in the groceries this week so after a shower I headed out to grab a baguette and Pasta Del Natta from the bakery, lunch eaten about 3pm, I decided that with the remainder of teh day I should go to the pub watch football and drink beer so I did!
Brodies Hopper is a great might hoppy as you might expect from the name but quite dark and earthy just right for a winter afternoon.
Sunday has been relaxing and watching the cross race in Hoogerheide from the comfort of my sofa, interestingly the circuit was almost a complete reversal of last years Worlds, very good, a most convincing victory by Niels Albert.
Written by Raoul