Mice Log Date 71. 10.50 miles in the coldest and windiest weather I have ever, ever cycled in. I blame it on a friend who posted on a well known forum early this morning that he was out and about on his bike despite the weather.
This gave me a ridiculously false sense of security. "Oh well, if he's cycling today it can't be too bad" I thought. Wrong!! As I opened the front door it was like opening the door of a
freezer in a supermarket. Pppatchew! I couldn't believe it. -2 with a windchill factor of much more.
Thank goodness for fabric technology. I was
wearing two pairs of cycling leggings under a pair of Gore waterproof trousers ,
two merino baselayers, an Assos baselayer, a Max Mara padded jacket, two buffs and
a bright orange (to wake up the dozey commuters) Mountain cycling jacket. I was truly layered up! Oh and two pairs of
socks. The only part of me that was cold, was my face. It was unbelievable.
Half way down the road I saw what looked like squashed
snowflakes. I hoped that the roads had been gritted otherwise I was in real
trouble.
A little hill into Clapham warmed me up a weencey bit and
four miles after that I was at my rendez-vous.
At lunch a friend and I headed to Streatham and found a great
cafe Earl Grey and Rose which did really,
really good food! OK so it was a ham sandwich but Sourdough with ham off the
bone and sundried tomatoes accompanied by salad drizzled with Balsamic vinegar
really was delicious and very unexpected.
The bike ride home was better because the sun was out but
the air temperature was still biting. Truly biting.
For some reason I felt the urge to head to
Daylesfords for some of their fresh soup and an absolutely enormous chocolate
biscuit!
Goodness knows how cold it is going to be tomorrow - be
careful out there peeps.
