November - Sandal's?

Just a quickie - well I got my ride in, 115km (that's @ 75 old fashioned miles I think) and visited the Sandal's up near Wakefield. Had my sandwich and flask of coffee sat overlooking the Castle which, after the 'good ole boys' (aka the Parliamentarians, think Trump but with a more vindictive nature) got done with it in the 1640's is but a shadow of its former self.

Between Bell acres and Wakey is a un-prepossesing bit of GOC, big on open rolling countryside and annoying climbs. It's neither Pennine nor the flatlands and was once heavily mined for coal. Certainly made the legs ache a bit by the time I got home some 6 hours after setting out.

It really gives you a feeling for how hard it is for the top racers, I barely made 21kph, they'd do it at least half as fast again and without my stops!

Anyhow, tomorrow it's back to writing, a full day slaving over the KB! Then on Saturday it'll be more 2 wheeled exploration - not sure where yet, maybe south to get the benefit of the wind on the return.

The attachment is a pic of me from back in the last century - guess which is me? I think we'd been to Winnats Pass to see the Tour of Britain go up. I was club champion then, fit as a butchers dog - how times change!

Enough waffling from me then, ttfn
Mads