Started late’ish Tuesday, finished late Wednesday. Four hour sleep at Kms 181, various faffing for eating, drone flying, photography.
Top tip: trains stop running during the night from the provinces to London 😂 so a second four hour bivvy outside Winchester station waiting for the 5:19
Else: good route, worth riding, loads of quintessential English landscapes, thatched villages, bubbling brooks, flowering gardens, the Ridgeway was an absolute highlight. Be warned, the last 40-30km draaaaaag, especially when racing for the last train (I missed it).
⛰️ Salt Hill: 210m, ⛰️ Beacon Hill: 201m, ⛰️ Tegdown Hill: 220m, ⛰️ Hyden Hill: 210m, ⛰️ The King’s Ridge: 90m, ⛰️ Cwichelmeshlaew Hill: 208m, ⛰️ Barbury Hill: 269m, ⛰️ Parsonage Hill: 230m, ⛰️ Blowingstone Hill: 226m, ⛰️ Round Hill: 231m, ⛰️ Smith’s Hill: 227m, ⛰️ Folly Down: 177m, ⛰️ Gore Hill: 164m, ⛰️ Urchfont Hill: 210m – 15th new peak and 15 total summits in 2024.
📈 Climbing: 12:09/116.6 km
🛣️ Flat: 14:02/94.1 km
📉 Descending: 8:23/150.4 km
💯 Move Percentage: 66%
🚲 tcsl6 distance: 2,600+ km
🏎️ Top speed: 53 km/h, 1.1 times slower than an Okapi.
🔥 Burned calorie equivalent: 78 Scoops of Protein Powder
🌥️ Broken clouds 🌡️ 11C felt like 10C 💧81% 💨 SW 2m/s 15% of ride into headwind.