My first 60 mile ride in training on the hottest day of the year so far took me on a clockwise tour from St Albans, skirting Luton and taking in Dunstable Downs and the Sharpenhoe Clappers. Mostly on country lanes, it was a delightful ride, briefly delayed by about thirty vintage tractors out on a run in Bedfordshire. As I mentioned last time, even in the Home Counties height gain can be comparable with the Scottish Highlands where my route will take me through rather than over the hills, and backing up this point today's run involved 3,418 ft or 1042 m of climbing (and according to Garmin, even more calories!)
View from Dunstable Downs
Sharpenhoe Clappers
Today's route - as usual click on the running man image for more detail
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