New Forest Epic - Wind, Rain (of course) and Protests ...

Saturday saw the New Forest Epic covering the 87 miles in 5 hours 36 - missing the gold time standard by 0.005 miles per hour over the duration! Still cycling to and from the event saw me clock up over 100 miles in the day despite the rain and force 4 - 5 winds coming straight off the Solent, lovely!

A dry start ....

Followed by rain .....


Pain is just weakness leaving the body....

And of course, there were protests....

"A mass cycle ride through the New Forest was targeted by vandals throwing metal tacks in the road, organisers have claimed.....

Police said about 35 protesters had blocked the road at Blackwater Forest car park on Saturday morning but dispersed when officers arrived"