Sustrans National Cycle Route 61 would have taken me nearly all of the way, along the Jubilee River, the Grand Union canal, Colne Valley and Ebury way, with a few linking sections. In practice I chose to bypass the Jubilee river part, and instead I worked round the north of Slough to Uxbridge for the sake of time.
By the time I had made my way there and back I had covered 71 miles (and a bit). That's my longest ride yet, and the first of more than 100km. In the process I crossed off another church from my Jenkins quest (Holy Rood at Watford). It was a great outing, and a marvellous route, but I feel exhausted.
4 comments:
Congratulations! That is a lot of miles in one day. I think you can revise your "About me" paragraph now. I don't think 71 miles in a day = sedentary!
Thanks JW - it was a long way!
Sounds a great ride, just wish I could get sorted for such a long cycle ride, I'm in a bit of a rut at the moment, just doing the same old 20-25 mile loop everyday.
Thanks for the comment WC. Rut or not, 20-25 miles a day is going some. Keep up the good work. My excuse for this trip was to visit my son, and scrounge lunch (which was excellent BTW). But I did worry about slipping into a rut myself, and so I've had to work quite hard at creating other excuses (Jenkins churches, OSM, Round Berkshire, etc). I'll work up a post about all this sooner or later.
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