10 rough miles

This week John was absent from our little biking club so I decided to take on the role of leader and test out a route that I had done in the summer with a friend of mine. It was a much shorter route than last week so I had in my mind that shorter = easier. It definitely did not. I somehow managed to pick a route that was almost entirely uphill. A lot of it was also off road - which was not a big problem in the summer but in the winter it is a very different story. I have a hefty bike with mountain biking tyres (for the first time I was actually not envious of Soo and her skinny road tyres) but even on that it was tough going. Still, we made it (with several chocolate stops along the way) and came to the conclusion that I should not be allowed to plan routes anymore...