After a month of cold dry days i woke to find winter was truly upon us as it was wet and grey today. As i have recently moved house and my rain jacket has gone missing in the move i was not looking forward to 4hours in the rain but at least some of it was going to be with company if anyone turned up for the club ride that had been organised today.
Meeting in ST Georges square in Huddersfield as normal at half 9 so i set of from my house at 8.50 on the 35min journey into Huddersfield. 3 other hardy soles turned up so it was just going to be the 4 of us on the ride today although i was glad of the company.
The band of merry men were me,matt,rob and davgav aka route finder. On discussion on where we should ride to davgav brought out a true classic from his Starwheeler route archive which is up there with a stage of the tour of Italy which would climb up the Gavia or Stelvio. It was that rare ride over the hills into Lancashire to Hollingworth lake.
The route was to take us to Brighouse,Elland,Copley.Hebden Bridge then on to Hollingworth Lake returning Via Delph,Marsden then into Huddersfield and for me back to my home in Gomersal. It was raining and after 20seconds following a rider with no mudguards the newly washed HSW kit was looking like i had just participated in a cyclocross race. After riding most of the way in single file due to road and weather conditions it was good to get to the cafe stop at holingworth lake in one piece.
So after an enjoyable if wet and cold ride my figures are
Average Hr 151bpm Max 184bpm
kcal 3816
Distance 112.8km
average speed 24.2km/h
ride time 4hr 38mins 46sec
Total Km 271.8
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