Monday I actually took a day off. For me. So, based on the half-yearly dentist and optician visit, took the GS out into the yellow rain warning and gale for a variation on my fave Cotswolds route.
From home down the Fosse to Stow on the Wold. Peak commuter time so no option but to plod on with everyone else, a few overtakes but very busy so absolutely no heroics. In Stow neatly binned the knackered artic heading the queue at the lights, then turn right on the B4068 and freedom, hurrah! Good (fast) run over to pick up the A436 briefly, then down the Salt Way to Ciren, very rural and just as drop dead gorgeous as ever despite the weather.
Ex Ciren, B4425 past Bibury and Aldsworth, very fast even in the rain, then cut up to the Barringtons and then through Taynton to pick up the B4437 to Charlbury - super fast, no traffic and some fabulous bends. Plus views if you can multi-task. Out of Charlbury picked up the B4022, fast again, up to the main Banbury / Stratford road, then Banburs and home.
So a good mix, rural lanes to very fast - the B4022 is spectacular. Once out of the Fosse commuter hell, very little traffic. Got home well soggy but well pleased...
More Stunning Weather, Sort Of...
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JamesL wrote:slparry wrote:now come on James we want pictures man
Soz! Too busy riding and it honestly didn't occur to me... OK, next time I'll take a few!
I often do exactly the same, go out ride for 200 miles and arrive back home thinking, damn I meant to stop
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Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1
Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1
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