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Bike:Vela
Distance: 28 miles

That was a special ride to say the least. Started out sunny but windy, turned greyer as I rode round. As I started on my way down from Walker Fold the rain started, properly started. Painful rain in my face wind very hard, I could hardly see, each car that passed me sprayed a huge sheet of water over me. Struggled into Belmont and started the climb up over the tops. What I have been previously experiencing was merely a warm up. As I came round the lake at the bottom the rain and wind seriously picked up. I have never ridden in such heavy rain in my life. It literally was like someone pointing a load of powerful showers right into my face. I couldn’t see more than 3 foot in front of my wheel because of the amount of water blasting into my eyes. Finally got to the top where it backed off a bit, made it down into Rivington without dying and then the rain picked up again as I staggered along Chorley new road.

Any hopes of doing a 40 miler were out the window, I just needed to get out of the rain. Luckily the roads were pretty quite cos I’d have gone under a car a few times as the wind blasted me about. Finally rolled into our road, properly battered. Not a fitness ride but a toughening up ride.And to think I was trying to decide which coat to take, the storm jacket or the shower jacket. Obviously I took the wrong one.

It’s sunny now.