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December's metric century

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by dave atkinson
Sun, Dec 11, 2011 21:06
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December's metric centuryIl Soigneur last ride of the year
Out to Clevedon for cake, back for turkey rolls. Win!

It was *almost* the perfect winter ride.

Roll out from Bath for a dash to Bristol and a meet at Baristas coffee shop. Quality coffee. Quality chat. Quality Street.

Out to Clevedon, the hilly way. Dodgy navigation and group riding skills mean for half the leg it's two rides of about six, rather than one of about a dozen. But two happy rides of about six.

Clevedon. Regroup and cafe. Hot chocolate with all the trimmings, massive slab of carrot cake. Chat. Chips in tiny deep fat fryer baskets.

Back to Bristol the flat way. Back roads, good quality cycle paths, through-and-off through Long Ashton and a cramp stop in Bedminster.

Back to Baristas - Dene from il soigneur excels with turkey rolls, pigs in blankets, stuffing and cranberry sauce. More coffee. More chat. More sweets.

Just the last leg back to Bath, then. In the gathering gloom the clouds gather.

Then it rains.

And it rains and rains and rains and rains and rains and rains and rains and rains and rains and rains and rains.

And rains.

Still, at least my gloves got the wash they needed...

Dave Atkinson

Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.

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jezzzer | 12 years ago
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93 most enjoyable km. followed by 13km of sodden rain-blasted purgatory. on the plus side, didn't matter that my bidon was empty, i could literally drink the rain off my face.

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