I had a great ride on my new
I had a great ride on my new climbing route, dubbed the Torture 80, as it is an adaptation of Reading CC’s Torture 40 ride in the Chilterns. I added 20 miles either end to get to and from, plus add in a couple more climbs.
It actually ended up as the Torture 90, as just as I was heading home on the last 15 miles, I was halted by a serious RTA that had the road closed off completely; I’d done 65 miles and just shy of 2K metres of ascent, only to be faced with climbing back up the valley on the longest climb of the day for the second time, and detouring 10 miles out of my way to get home. Still, shouldn’t moan as someone else was having a much worse day than me for sure, hope all were okay, but it didn’t sound good from what the Police were saying!
Rest tomorrow, and ready for another 85 miler on Monday.