I don’t know whether I could be a cyclist in Scotland, where it has rained every day for the past two months (article at Independent) I don’t mind a bit of raining, but, I think every day during summer would get pretty tedious.
After a lousy summer, we’re having a pretty good September and this weekend was very nice for cycling. My new bike frame brought me good luck in helping me to win a 10 mile time trial, somewhere near Coventry. The final mile was on a road by an airport with many gliders taking off into the sky before descending. It was somehow a sharp contrast – gliders, gracefully descending without a breath of effort as we raced into the long home stretch. I’m sorry to say that the theme for Top Gun came into my mind whilst cycling along the road – though in the film I think Tom Cruise was on a motorbike rather than pushbike…
My time was 22.17 on a fairly sporting course, with little traffic.
Do Dovers! It’s the venue for the national hill climb championship in 2010.. I rode over to Dovers today on my new bike and was 20 seconds faster up it than I was in the hill climb last year, then I had to ride the 25 miles home…
Thanks,
Yes, I must have used satnav to get their. It was somewhere in the Midlands anyway.
Dave, I’m deciding between hill climbs in yorks or Dover hills
Coventry, oh dear! It was Sulby near Market Harborough!! You are underselling yourself, you did a very quick time on that course and you had a very good scalp in beating Dominic Sweeney, congratulations. It’s one of my clubs evening 10m TT venues.
Congratulations on the win! Are you doing the double hill climb of Dovers and Saintbury again this year on the 4th Oct? Be good if you could do it as Alex (the lady promoting the event) said she hasn’t got many entries yet.