9th October: Did the same ride as above this evening. The wind was horrible for the first ten miles or so but I managed to get my average back up to 16.5 mph by the end so not too bad and 22.0 more miles. As a plus, there were no squashed hedgehogs in the road near where I rescued the hedgehog so I think it's ok!
12th October: Did the same again today. It wasn't warm but it was one of those crisp sunny autumn days that compensate somewhat for the lack of warmth. Nipped into the village do a bit of shopping on the way back so 22.7 more miles.
14th October: Aaaaand again... Did it in the dark for the first time this autumn which was interesting, the off road bit through the fields was fun with the 200+ lumens from my Hope 1 providing just enough light to see where I was going. I've decided to treat myself for autumn however and have ordered an Exposure Strada light - 800 lumens for three hours and multiple combinations there of. I can't wait to try it! Anyhow, 22.0 more miles.
17th October: Did the same ride again tonight with my new Exposure Strada light. I run it in mode 3 which alternates between 3 hours / fullpower and 10 hours / third power.
Full power is fantastic, the 3 miles that runs through the fields with no lighting at all was amazing, the light lights up a good 60 to 80 yards ahead while the 10 hour mode is more than adequate back on the road when you have street lighting as well. Very impressed and another 22.0 miles.
19th October: Did a beast of a ride with James today. Distance wise it was fine but the weather was wet and windy and there were two killer climbs, the type that leaves your legs feeling useless for hours afterwards.
It was so windy coming down off the moors north of Rochdale that we were struggling to maintain 15 miles an hour down a hill you can normally do 30 plus miles an hour down! An interesting ride and another 35.9 for October.
22nd October: Did the local 22.0 mile ride again. The weather was quite wintery, breezy with a fair bit of rain but surprisingly quite an enjoyable ride even though the bike needed a good hosing down when I got back to get all the road muck off it.
26th October: I was so stuck for inspiration today that I nearly called it off and suggested to James that we both just do our locals. Then I remembered a ride I'd seen on the Sky ride website ages ago that sounded quite intriguing, it was a short one but we could always do a multiple laps.
We met up in the car park at Wythenshawe Civic Centre and headed off. The route basically goes around the whole perimeter of Manchester Airport. It's not a brilliant route, there are a lot of gates that really slow your progress and about a mile and a half of the route is off road on compacted limestone paths that mean slow progress on a road bike but there are some really cool bits. One part of the off road section goes right along the edge of one of the runways so you can watch planes take off from barely 100 yards away which is LOUD but cool. Also, there are two tunnels (with a seperate tunnel for ped's / cyclists) that go right under both runways which is fun, very smooth and obviously no wind. We ran short of time but managed 3 laps for 24.9 miles.
29th October: Did the local 22 miler tonight to end the month. It was cool and windy but not cold so quite a nice ride, in a way I was hoping for rain to test my new mudguards but I guess you can't have everything! Another 22.0 miles and 215.5 for October.
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