Let us be clear. The good people of Church Lench, who have big backyards, do not want a windfarm. I repeat, under no circumstances do they want a windfarm. I discovered this whilst on a training ride a couple of weekends ago. That's all sorted then. But, as I left Church Lench about thirty seconds later (no I'm not fast, it's a very small village) it was made clear that a windfarm would be OK if it was 2 km away from Church Lench. Hence, we may conclude that the backyards in Church Lench are about 2km long and there should be nothing in them. As I was taking this all in I passed a cottage about 2km away from Church Lench called 'Windy Dreams'. The comedic possibilities are pretty much endless here, so you do the work and please post your favourite.
My training? Well I have increased the average per week up to 220km and my distances without a stop are going up (c. 100km) and times are coming down. The test yesterday was a 100 mile event in Sheffield and I set myself a target of under 8 hours including stops. Came in just under 7 hours and so am delighted, especially as the temperature soared (as they say) to 81F. No matter how much I was drinking it all kept leaking out at a frightening rate. Picture above taken in the last 1/2 mile, hence the grimace.
Have just received the first few stages of the LeJoG route from Neil at Velodays who is organising the route and accommodation for me as I ride. This is really helpful as any drift from a plan would have knock on effects that would take a while to sort out. Velodays is recommended, Neil has a lot of experience of LeJoG and gives balanced advice. One more 100 mile event to go in Bristol and may do another one in Norwich if time permits but the days are passing very quickly and there's a small matter of a hundred exam scipts to mark. Give me a hundred miles in burning sun anytime.
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