I'd told myself I'd do lots of biking (training - for Septembers race) this week, but got tempted away with climbing earlier in the week! I thought, okay I need to actually get on the bike today and the weather looked good in Derbyshire so that's where I headed.
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| Love the sustrans routes, wouldn't want a racer on this one! |
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| volcano..... |
The route heads North from Buxton, has a deep ford on it, loops through the Goyt Valley, up to the Cat and Fiddle before heading back off road on a rough track.
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| Playing in the woods |
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| Nearly back..... |
It was a favourite of mine when I lived in Derbyshire, and I noticed in my book that the fasted time I've ridden it is 2 hrs 5 mins, and the slowest is over 3 hrs 30 mins (in the snow). I was reasonably quick today but did get distracted by some unofficial trails in the forest that I played on when it rained. To celebrate actually riding my bike today I finished with a massive 'club sandwich' in Buxton, which I guess negates all the hard work - but it was good!
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| Hmm club sandwich..... |
Weeks off are quite tiring!
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