Icey ride via Hurworth 02/01/2017



-2 degrees C, ice, blinding low sun... let's go for a bike ride.
Ridden CCW for the first time in the ice, what could go wrong?
Less than 20km in, Dave reckons one of us is gonna slip and fall before the day's out (probably Chris).. Cheers Dave!

We get through the blinding sun to Darlington unscaved and en route to Neasham for lunch ahead of the short climb up Neasham hill, but before we get there, we stop to let some traffic by, I turn to check the coast is clear and my front wheel slips on some black ice taking me to the deck with it. Fingers crossed that's all that's gonna come of today's ice and we'll get back to Middlesbrough safe and sound.

Quickly, I'm back on the bike and we head off to the usual lunch stop byt the River Tees.

Either we stopped too long for lunch or it's now -10C.. Thank god for Neasham Hill to get us warmed back up!

The sun's moved round and we're now blinded again all the way to West Roundton, thankfully the sun's melted a lot of the ice and we're all relieved to get to Crathorn for a top up (Dave's being blackcurrant 'snot', SIS to anyone else) and we're down and up Rudby bank and off to Hemlington.

I've never ridden through Hemlington before, I've always seen the signs and thought, maybe next time.. I dont think there'll be another next time though. There's just too many shopping trollies on the cycle path for my liking....

We escape and get back to the cars back at the start point. Time to head home for some well earned coffee!

Type: 
Ride
Workout_type: 
default
Date: 
2017-01-02T10:11:48Z
Avg Pace: 
3:31/km
Elevation: 
438.9
Distance: 
80755.3
Moving time: 
17046
Activity id: 
818968031
Strava title: 
Icey Ride
Total photo count: 
0
Title: 
Icey ride via Hurworth 02/01/2017
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Average speed: 
4.737
Language: 
English
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