Tour De Weald

Braved the very un-June like damp and windy weather yesterday morning for the Tour De Weald, 103 kms of ups and downs starting and finishing in Burgess Hill. Got off to a good start tagging on to the back of a fast group and following the delectable rump of a young blonde girl - always a good incentive to keep up in my view!

However a few kms in saw me hit a pothole, upsetting the computer and for the next few kms it was stop-start whilst I got it functioning again. Got back into my rhythm over a number of lumpy little climbs near Mayfiield and Heathfield. was going quite well until I went through another rough patch, resulting in the dreaded rear wheel puncture. By now it was drizzling too and it took a good 20 minutes at the side of the road and a Samaritan with a pump before I got going again. After that it was a bit of a slog until the feed station at Chiddingly where a handful of jelly beans worked wonders, enabling me to complete the route back through Ringmer to Burgess Hill in good time, just getting under the 4 hour mark for the ride (my target). Even got a gold certificate this time!