Another milestone!

I am writing this on a beautiful Saturday with not a sign of volcanic ash in the sky...nor any contrails from planes either. It's a bit surreal to have clear skies so close to Gatwick. Have just spent a couple of days in Essex with Sal and Doug and it's the same there. Looking out over the view from their place across the salt marshes last night it was amazing to see just the stars and no plane lights criss-crossing the sky.
So my last ride was on Wednesday with Beth and Coach. John got back from Portugal with...would you believe... a golfing injury! No, not a black eye from someones backswing. But a sprained ankle from looking for his ball in the rough and tripping on a gulley. For goodness sake. He is like the master of minor injuries at the moment. Anyway, he seemed to be able to cope with our cycle without mishap or problems.
He extended our ride to the point that I had no idea where we were until we happened upon the Steyning by-pass again. The weather was glorious and Sussex is in full Spring regalia. Primroses and leaping lambs abound. Beautiful.
We had a long ride and my legs were pretty tired starting out. I seem to warm up by about halfway round. Tho it might be the 'returning horse to stable' phenomena as I get faster nearer home. On the real trip by the time I get to Scotland there'll be no catching me!
So we clocked up a tad under 30 miles! Wonderful! And I think we averaged 12.2 miles per hour.
John is away (again) so I will go out tommoro and try a 2 hour ride. Hope the weather holds......